valuation of infant sleeping position in the outpatient clinic at ge Un?versity Medical aculty

Abstract

<p>Aim of the study: To evaluate the sleeping position of the infants younger than 6 months followed up in the outpatient clinic of ge Univers?ty Medical aculty. Between January 2001 and April 2002, we investigated the sleeping position of the 328 term infants (53 % males, 47 %females) who had been followed up in the outpatient clinic at ge University aculty of Medicine. A questionaire about the socio demographical data and the sleeping position was applied to the mothers. Seventeen percent of the families was from high socioeconomic group, 54 % was from middle socioeconomic group and 29 % was from lower socioeconomic group. 310 of the children (95 %) were sleeping in supine or lateral position and 18 (5 %) were sleeping in prone position. ighty-one percent of the babies were sleeping in the same room with their mothers but in different beds, 8 % of them in different rooms and 5 % were sleeping in the same bed with their mothers. There was no satisticaly significant relationship between the variables such as birth type, birth weight, birth place, gestational age, mother?s education, mother?s cigarette smoking, durations of breast feeding, sociocultural status family type or the number of the children and the sleeping position. This study has shown that the majority of the children followed-up in a university hospital sleep in the correct position and similar studies must be done on the children followed-up in the peripheral health care centers and the families should be informed about the correct sleeping position.</p>

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<p>ge ?niversitesi T?p ak?ltesi ?ocuk Poliklini?i?nde izlenen bebeklerin yat?? pozisyonunun de?erlendirilmesi</p>

<p>Bu ?al??mada ge ?niversitesi T?p ak?ltesi ?ocuk Poliklini?i?nde izlenmekte olan 6 aydan k???k ?ocuklarda yat?? pozisyonunun de?erlendirilmesi ama?land?. Ocak 2001 ile Nisan 2002 tarihleri aras?nda poliklini?imizde izlenmekte olan 6 ay?n alt?ndaki toplam 328 (%53 erkek, %47 k?z) ?ocuk ?al??maya al?nd?. Annelere sosyodemografik veriler ve yat?? pozisyonu ile ilgili sorular i?eren bir anket uyguland? ve veriler SPSS Win 10.0 program?nda analiz edildi. Ailelerin % 17?sinin sosyoekonomik d?zeyi y?ksek, % 54??n?n orta ve % 29?unun d???kt?. ?ocuklar?n 310?unun (% 95) s?rt?st? veya yan ve 18?inin (% 5) ise y?z?st? pozisyonda yat?r?ld??? saptand?. Bebeklerin % 81?i anne ile ayn? oda ve farkl? yatakta, % 8?i anne ile ayr? odada ve % 5?i anne ile ayn? yatakta uyuyordu. Do?um ?ekli, do?um kilosu, do?um yeri, gestasyonel ya?, anne e?itimi, annenin sigara i?imi, anne s?t? alma s?resi, sosyok?lt?rel durum, aile tipi ve ?ocuk say?s? gibi de?i?kenlerle ?ocuklar?n uyuma pozisyonu aras?nda herhangi bir istatistiksel ili?ki saptanmad? (p>0.05). Bir ?niversite hastanesi ?ocuk poliklini?inde izlenen ?ocuklar?n ?ok b?y?k k?sm?n?n do?ru pozisyonda yat?r?ld??? saptanm?? olup bu konuda periferdeki sa?l?k kurumlar?nda izlenen ?ocuklarda da benzer ara?t?rmalar yap?lmal? ve aileler yat?? pozisyonu konusunda bilgilendirilmelidir.</p>