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Bed sharing versus no bed sharing for healthy term neonates.

Rashmi R Das¹, Mari Jeeva Sankar², Ramesh Agarwal²

¹Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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This review found no studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of bed sharing for newborns. Further research is needed to understand the benefits and risks of infant bed sharing practices.

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Area of Science:

Neonatal care
Infant sleep practices
Public health

Background:

Global variations exist in infant sleeping arrangements, with bed sharing being a common practice.
Bed sharing may offer physiological benefits like improved cardiopulmonary stability and breastfeeding duration.
However, bed sharing is associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the efficacy and safety of neonatal bed sharing.
To evaluate impacts on breastfeeding, SIDS incidence, hypothermia, mortality, and neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Main Methods:

Searched multiple databases (CENTRAL, PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs.
Included studies on term neonates sharing a bed with their mother within 24 hours of birth.
Planned to use the GRADE approach for evidence certainty assessment.

Main Results:

A comprehensive search yielded 6231 records, with 2745 records screened after duplicate removal.
Six full-text studies were assessed but ultimately excluded as they did not meet eligibility criteria.
No studies met the inclusion criteria for this review.

Conclusions:

No eligible studies were found to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bed sharing in healthy term neonates.
There is a critical need for well-designed RCTs to assess outcomes like breastfeeding and SIDS risk.
Future research should include diverse populations and settings, particularly in regions where bed sharing is culturally prevalent.