[The Graz SIDS Risk Questionnaire: I. Development and validation]

Based on the results from semistructured interviews with parents of fifty SIDS victims and of fifty matched controls we developed a SIDS risk questionnaire, the so-called SRFB Graz. In a retrospective study this questionnaire was applied to 65 SIDS victims and 195 comparable controls. By statistical analysis a cut point was computed, which discriminates SIDS cases from controls with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 95%.