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[Evidence summary for safety sleep protection strategy in infants]
Zayagerili1, R Hou1, M Chen2
1School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Insights
This study summarizes evidence on infant safe sleep strategies to reduce Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Findings support evidence-based practices for infant sleep safety and caregiver education.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
- Evidence-Based Practice
Background:
- Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUID) remains a concern, necessitating effective safe sleep strategies.
- Current evidence on infant safe sleep protection strategies requires systematic review for clinical application.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review and synthesize evidence on infant safe sleep protection strategies.
- To inform clinical decision-making and the development of guidelines for infant safe sleep.
Main Methods:
- Searched multiple databases (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, etc.) for guidelines, evidence summaries, and systematic reviews on infant safe sleep published before March 2020.
- Included studies focused on infants aged 0-1 years, excluding duplicates and non-peer-reviewed materials.
- Appraised literature quality using AGREE II for guidelines and AMSTAR 2 for systematic reviews.
Main Results:
- Twelve articles were included: 1 evidence summary, 3 guidelines, and 8 systematic reviews.
- Guidelines demonstrated high quality, with recommendation levels 'A' or 'B'.
- 39 evidence terms were summarized across assessment, planning, implementation, health education, evaluation, and policy.
Conclusions:
- This evidence summary provides a foundation for establishing infant safe sleep care standards.
- Supports the implementation of scientific and high-quality clinical nursing practices for infant sleep safety.
- Highlights the importance of comprehensive strategies including caregiver education and policy development.
Abstract:
Objective: To systematically review and summarize the relevant evidence of safe sleep protection strategies for infants at home and abroad, to provide a reference for clinical evidence-based decision-making and guideline formulation. Methods: "Infant Death/Sudden Unexpected Infant Death/Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" and "Sleep protecting program/Sleep safety/Sleeping environment" were used as search keywords. The literature retrieval for all the Chinese and English evidence on safe sleep protection strategies for infants published before March 2020 was conducted by using the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), Registered Nurse' Association of Ontario (RNAO), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Guidelines International Network (GIN), JBI, Clinical Evidence, China Evidence-based Medicine Center, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Wanfang Data, CNKI and other databases. Inclusion criteria were guidelines, evidence summary and systematic reviews on infant safe sleep protection strategies for infants aged 0 to 1 years. The full text was available. Exclusion criteria include duplicates, directly translated documents as well as guide abstracts, discussion drafts, draft guides, interpretations, excerpts. The Appraisal of Guideline for research & Evaluation Instrument (AGREE Ⅱ) and A Measure Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR 2) were used to compare and evaluate the selected literature, and extracted evidence from the literature that meets the quality standards. Results: A total of 12 articles were incorporated into study, including 1 Summary of evidence from UptoDate, 3 guidelines, and 8 systematic reviews. The results of the AGREE II quality evaluation showed that the overall quality of 3 guidelines was high. Among them, there was 1 with a recommendation level of "A", and 2 with a rating of "B". The AMSTAR 2 quality evaluation showed that the contents of the systematic reviews were relatively complete except for one literature. In the end, totally 39 terms of evidences were summarized, including 6 aspects of assessment, planning, implementation, health education (pregnant women, parents and other infant caregivers), evaluation, organization and policy. Conclusion: The evidence summary of infant safe sleep protection provides evidence support for formulating infant safe sleep care standards and carrying out scientific and high-quality clinical nursing practices.
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