Interventional Safety Program about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome among Egyptian Infants' Mothers

Abstract

Background& Aim: A more successful approach to reducing the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) was active caregiver education regarding safe sleep recommendations. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the impact of an interventional safety program about SIDS on mothers' knowledge, attitude, and practice in order to enhance mothers' behaviors toward SIDS. Methods: Between December 1, 2019, and March 31, 2022, an interventional study was conducted in the family health care centers and units located in the Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. In this study, 144 mothers with infants under a year old were split into two equal groups. The researcher conducted structured self-designed questionnaire interviews with all included mothers. The first questionnaire focused on socio demographic and clinical characteristics of the infant, while the second one (pre/post intervention) assessed mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding safety measures to prevent SIDS.Results: A highly statistically significant difference was found between them post-intervention where (90.3%, 26.4%), (87.5%, 23.6%), and (80.6%, 9.70%) of them had adequate total knowledge, attitude, and practice scores, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding total scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice pre-intervention where only (22.2%, 25.0%), (13.9%, 23.6%), and (12.5%, 16.7%) of them had adequate total knowledge, attitude, and practice scores, respectively.Conclusions: There is a major state of inadequate levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice toward SIDS & its prevention between infants٫ mothers and implementation of an interventional safety program leads to highly significant improvement.