MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2023;48(1):30-35. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000880.
A large community hospital in South Texas began distributing safe sleep baby boxes to reduce sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) in 2017.
To describe safe sleep practices among new mothers who received a safe sleep baby box at hospital discharge.
An information sheet containing a link to an online survey was mailed to all women who received a safe sleep baby box prior to discharge from the hospital from January 2018 to January 2019.
N = 84 women participated. Most reported using the safe sleep baby box only during nap time (n = 62, 88.6%). Only 70.2% of participants reported that baby always slept their back (n = 59). Most reported their baby did not use a pacifier (n = 62, 73.8%), and many reported they were not breastfeeding their baby (n = 38, 45.2%).
Many women were not using the safe sleep baby box as intended and were not following many of the other safe sleep guidelines. Nurses should ask their patients about plans for infant safe sleep after discharge to provide individualized education or recommend specific resources to address the family's needs.
德克萨斯州南部的一家大型社区医院于 2017 年开始分发安全睡眠婴儿箱，以降低婴儿猝死综合征（SUID）的发生率。
描述在出院时收到安全睡眠婴儿箱的新妈妈的安全睡眠习惯。
2018 年 1 月至 2019 年 1 月，向所有在出院前收到安全睡眠婴儿箱的女性邮寄了一份载有在线调查链接的信息表。
共有 84 名女性参与了调查。大多数女性表示只在午睡时间使用安全睡眠婴儿箱（n = 62，88.6%）。只有 70.2%的参与者表示婴儿总是仰卧睡觉（n = 59）。大多数报告称婴儿不使用奶嘴（n = 62，73.8%），许多人表示不母乳喂养婴儿（n = 38，45.2%）。
许多女性没有按照安全睡眠婴儿箱的使用说明使用，也没有遵守其他许多安全睡眠指南。护士应在出院后询问患者有关婴儿安全睡眠的计划，提供个性化教育或推荐特定资源以满足家庭的需求。
