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Activity Number:
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215
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 13, 2002 : 12:00 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Health Policy Statistics*
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| Abstract - #301715 |
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Title:
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Risk Factors for the Prevalence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
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Author(s):
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Barbara Traweger-Ravanelli*+ and Christian Traweger+ and Ursula Kiedhl-Kohlendorfer
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Affiliation(s):
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IMAD-Market Research and University of Innsbruck and University Clinic Innsbruck
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Address:
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Kaiserjaegerstrasse 1, Innsbruck, International, 6020, AUSTRIA Universitaetsstrasse 15, Innsbruck, International, 6020, AUSTRIA
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Keywords:
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logistic regression ; data fitting ; risk patterns ; cluster analysis
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Abstract:
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The main aim of the poster session is to determine risk factors for the prevalence of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Within a survey in the state of TYROL in the year 2001, more than 3528 female persons filled out a questionnaire after giving birth to a child concerning how they felt during the time of pregnancy and especially about the first four weeks after birth of their child(ren). Important behaviour patterns were reported. A logistic regression model was computed to determine those variables which were especially relevant for being in the risk group of SIDS. The risk group was defined, when within nineteen questions at least six questions were answered positively; this number was established by the University Clinic of Innsbruck based on previous studies. Through the participation of numerous mothers in this study concerning the behaviour of their infants during the first four weeks of life (and a standard clinical examination to the extent that they were in a risk group), it was already possible to considerably reduce the risk for SIDS. Beside logistic regression, a cluster analysis was computed to determine special risk patterns. All computations were made with SPSS.
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