Table 2 Confidence in providing safe infant sleep and planned vs. actual infant sleep practices as reported by women that completed both the 28-Week Prenatal Visit and the Postnatal Safe Sleep Surveys (N = 355).a,b
From: Pre- and postnatal safe sleep knowledge and planned as compared to actual infant sleep practices
Reported confidence level | Prenatal | Postnatal | |
Very confident | 220 (64) | 281 (80) | |
Confident | 87 (25) | 67 (19) | |
Somewhat confident | 31 (9) | 3 (1) | |
Not confident | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Overall p value | < 0.0001 | ||
The room the infant will/does sleep most of the time in relation to parent (n = 333) | |||
Planned | n (Col%) | Actual | n (Col%) |
Same room | 292 (88) | Same room | 244 (73) |
Different room | 48 (14) | ||
Not sure | 9 (3) | Same room | 4 (1) |
Different room | 5 (2) | ||
Different room | 32 (10) | Same room | 10 (3) |
Different room | 22 (7) | ||
The place the infant will/does sleep most of the time (n = 349) | |||
Planned | n (Col%) | Actual | n (Col%) |
Safe place | 342 (98) | Safe place | 317 (91) |
Unsafe place | 25 (7) | ||
Not sure | 0 (0) | Safe place | 0 (0) |
Unsafe place | 0 (0) | ||
Unsafe place | 7 (2) | Safe place | 6 (2) |
Unsafe place | 1 (0) | ||
The position the infant will/is placed for sleep (n = 347) | |||
Planned | n (Col%) | Actual | n (Col%) |
Back | 326 (94) | Back | 294 (85) |
Not Back | 32 (9) | ||
Not sure | 13 (4) | Back | 8 (2) |
Not Back | 5 (1) | ||
Not back | 8 (2) | Back | 6 (2) |
Not Back | 2 (1) | ||