Training About Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

NCT06922682 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2023/124
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 52
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Sudden infant death syndrome, which constitutes a significant proportion of all infant deaths, is associated with various preventable risk factors. The study aims examine effects of training provided to pregnant women about risk factors triggering sudden infant death syndrome before birth on the post-partum knowledge level and behaviors of mothers.

Conditions

Sudden Infant Death

Keywords

Sudden Infant Death; newborn; mother; risk factors

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge Level on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Risky Behavior Identification Questionnaire

  Questionnaire, developed by authors consists of 2 sections. First section aims to determine knowledge level of pregnant women about sudden infant death syndrome. Questionnaire consisting of 17 questions are answered as true, false, or I do not know. Items answered as "True" are scored 1 point, whereas items answered as "False" or "I don't know" are scored as 0. Questionnaire includes reverse coded items. The lowest possible score in the questionnaire is 0 and the highest possible score is 17. The second section consists of questions aiming to determine the risky behaviors of pregnant women that may cause sudden infant death syndrome. A total of 26 questions in this section are answered as never (1 point), rarely (2 points), sometimes (3 points), often (4 points) and always (5 points). The questionnaire includes reverse coded items; the lowest and the highest possible scores in the questionnaire are 26 and 130, respectively.

  20 minutes before training, just after training and 2 month later

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Pregnant women in their 38th week of pregnancy and later, who visited the hospital to have their NST scans, were then invited to the training with the Risk Factors Triggering Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Training Booklet

Behavioral: Training with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Training Booklet

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Pregnant women in this group were not provided a specific training on the risk factors triggering sudden infant death syndrome. The clinic has already offered a pregnancy school where routine prenatal care training is provided.

Interventions

Training with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Training Booklet BEHAVIORAL

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Training Booklet was prepared. Prgenant women who agreed to participate were provided a face-to-face training on the risk factors triggering sudden infant death syndrome through the booklet. Following the educational session, they received the safe sleep handout to use at home and were informed that the researcher would call them two months later to check on their adherence to safe sleep practices. Following the training, participants were re-administered the Knowledge Level on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Risky Behavior Identification Questionnaire and the training booklet was given to them as a gift. Two months after the training, the pregnant women were contacted via phone and they were required to fill out the Knowledge Level on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Risky Behavior Identification Questionnaire once again.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Pregnant women who were in the 38th week of their pregnancy and older,
• Lived a healthy pregnancy,
• Had no communication problems,
• Can speak and understand Turkish,
• Agreed to participate in the study were included.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women who were earlier than 38 weeks pregnant,
• Had difficulty in communicating,
• Were illiterate and unable to speak Turkish,
• Who filled out the forms incompletely were not included.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Samsun Gynecology and Children's Diseases Hospital in Turkey

Samsun, Black Sea Zone, 55100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sudden Infant Death

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Death, Sudden; Death; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Infant Death

Study Officials

• Hatice Uzsen, PHD

  Ondokuz Mayis Univeristy

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: a parallel group, randomized, controlled experimental study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2025
• First Posted: April 10, 2025
• Study Start: April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2024
• Study Completion: July 30, 2024
• Last Updated: April 10, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Locations

TU (1)