TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleeping position and health status of children at six-, eighteen- and thirty-six-month development
AU - Lung, For Wey
AU - Shu, Bih Ching
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from the Bureau of Health Promotion (grant number DOH93-HP-1702 ). The views expressed herein are the authors’ own. The study has relied on the work of many colleagues. We also thank the families who gave us such generous cooperation at all the stages of the study.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Using structural equation modeling to investigate the multiple pathways of sleeping position and children's early development at six-, eighteen- and thirty-six-month children, with parental demographics and child health status controlled. The participants consisted of 1783 six-month children, who were assessed using the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study Instrument. After follow-up, 1620 eighteen-month and 1630 thirty-six-month children participated in the second and third assessments, respectively. With potential confounding factors controlled, children at six-month of mothers with a lower level of education tended to sleep supine (β= -0.08, p= 0.001). Compared to those sleeping in the prone and side positions, infants in the supine had slower gross and fine motor development (β= -0.11, p< .001; β= -0.12, p= 0.030); however, the effect of sleeping position on the children's development dissipated at eighteen- and thirty-six-month. Sleeping position had effect on children's development at six-month; however, this effect was transient. Instead, chronic illness and maternal level of education had a more persistent effect on children's development.
AB - Using structural equation modeling to investigate the multiple pathways of sleeping position and children's early development at six-, eighteen- and thirty-six-month children, with parental demographics and child health status controlled. The participants consisted of 1783 six-month children, who were assessed using the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study Instrument. After follow-up, 1620 eighteen-month and 1630 thirty-six-month children participated in the second and third assessments, respectively. With potential confounding factors controlled, children at six-month of mothers with a lower level of education tended to sleep supine (β= -0.08, p= 0.001). Compared to those sleeping in the prone and side positions, infants in the supine had slower gross and fine motor development (β= -0.11, p< .001; β= -0.12, p= 0.030); however, the effect of sleeping position on the children's development dissipated at eighteen- and thirty-six-month. Sleeping position had effect on children's development at six-month; however, this effect was transient. Instead, chronic illness and maternal level of education had a more persistent effect on children's development.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.11.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 21134728
AN - SCOPUS:79851509792
VL - 32
SP - 713
EP - 718
JO - Applied Research in Mental Retardation
JF - Applied Research in Mental Retardation
SN - 0891-4222
IS - 2
ER -