Abstract:
Objective: To determine the trend of Container usage and Sleeping Position among infants and their effect on developing CBS. Study Design: Cross-Sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Conducted on 179 mother infant dyads of different day-care Centers of Lahore (Stepping stone academia, Ladybird daycare, activity club, cribs, and crayons daycare) from March 2022 to June 2022. Material and Methods: Data was collected using non-probability convenience sampling. The parental survey was filled out by mothers and the gross motor developments of infants were assessed by the examiner using Alberta Infant Motor Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS-27. Results: Out of 179 infants, ages of 37.43% were above 12 months, 33.52% were 8-12 months and 29.05% were between 3-8 months. 48.04% were females and 51.96% were males. The most frequent sleeping position was supine lying at 58.10% then prone lying and sidelying at 11.17% and 7.26% respectively. 70.95% of infants used containers for more than 5 hours, 21.23% for 3-5 hours, and 7.82% for 1-3 hours. As the value of correlation coefficient <.9, there is a significant association between Albert Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) score, sleep positions, and container usage as the p-value was <0.05.Conclusion: Infants who use containers frequently tend to have fewer AIMS scores than infants who spent less time in containers. CBS happens as a result of bad child parenting techniques and less prone positioning. Infants who lie on their backs most of the time in containers like baby cots developed flat heads. Infants must learn independently by exploring their surroundings and mastering motor skills.
Page(s):
367-372
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Paediatric Journal, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Container baby syndrome
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Sleeping position
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Tummy time
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Alberta infant motor scale
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Developmental delays