Training over plotseling doden syndroom (SIDS)

Pregnant women in their 38th week of pregnancy and later, who visited the hospital to have their NST scans, were then invited to the training with the Risk Factors Triggering Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Training Booklet

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Training Booklet was prepared. Prgenant women who agreed to participate were provided a face-to-face training on the risk factors triggering sudden infant death syndrome through the booklet. Following the educational session, they received the safe sleep handout to use at home and were informed that the researcher would call them two months later to check on their adherence to safe sleep practices. Following the training, participants were re-administered the Knowledge Level on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Risky Behavior Identification Questionnaire and the training booklet was given to them as a gift. Two months after the training, the pregnant women were contacted via phone and they were required to fill out the Knowledge Level on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Risky Behavior Identification Questionnaire once again.

Pregnant women in this group were not provided a specific training on the risk factors triggering sudden infant death syndrome. The clinic has already offered a pregnancy school where routine prenatal care training is provided.

Questionnaire, developed by authors consists of 2 sections. First section aims to determine knowledge level of pregnant women about sudden infant death syndrome. Questionnaire consisting of 17 questions are answered as true, false, or I do not know. Items answered as "True" are scored 1 point, whereas items answered as "False" or "I don't know" are scored as 0. Questionnaire includes reverse coded items. The lowest possible score in the questionnaire is 0 and the highest possible score is 17. The second section consists of questions aiming to determine the risky behaviors of pregnant women that may cause sudden infant death syndrome. A total of 26 questions in this section are answered as never (1 point), rarely (2 points), sometimes (3 points), often (4 points) and always (5 points). The questionnaire includes reverse coded items; the lowest and the highest possible scores in the questionnaire are 26 and 130, respectively.