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Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study
Drowning represents the third leading cause of fatal unintentional injury in infants (0–1 years). The aim of this study is to investigate correlates of unsupervised bathing. This cross-sectional study included 1,410 parents with an infant. Parents completed a questionnaire regarding supervision duri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23459215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10030856 |
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author | van Beelen, Mirjam E. J. van Beeck, Eduard F. den Hertog, Paul Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein |
author_facet | van Beelen, Mirjam E. J. van Beeck, Eduard F. den Hertog, Paul Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein |
author_sort | van Beelen, Mirjam E. J. |
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description | Drowning represents the third leading cause of fatal unintentional injury in infants (0–1 years). The aim of this study is to investigate correlates of unsupervised bathing. This cross-sectional study included 1,410 parents with an infant. Parents completed a questionnaire regarding supervision during bathing, socio-demographic factors, and Protection Motivation Theory-constructs. To determine correlates of parents who leave their infant unsupervised, logistic regression analyses were performed. Of the parents, 6.2% left their child unsupervised in the bathtub. Parents with older children (OR 1.24; 95%CI 1.00–1.54) were more likely to leave their child unsupervised in the bathtub. First-time parents (OR 0.59; 95%CI 0.36–0.97) and non-Western migrant fathers (OR 0.18; 95%CI 0.05–0.63) were less likely to leave their child unsupervised in the bathtub. Furthermore, parents who perceived higher self-efficacy (OR 0.57; 95%CI 0.47–0.69), higher response efficacy (OR 0.34; 95%CI 0.24–0.48), and higher severity (OR 0.74; 95%CI 0.58–0.93) were less likely to leave their child unsupervised. Since young children are at great risk of drowning if supervision is absent, effective strategies for drowning prevention should be developed and evaluated. In the meantime, health care professionals should inform parents with regard to the importance of supervision during bathing. |
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spelling | pubmed-37092902013-07-12 Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study van Beelen, Mirjam E. J. van Beeck, Eduard F. den Hertog, Paul Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Drowning represents the third leading cause of fatal unintentional injury in infants (0–1 years). The aim of this study is to investigate correlates of unsupervised bathing. This cross-sectional study included 1,410 parents with an infant. Parents completed a questionnaire regarding supervision during bathing, socio-demographic factors, and Protection Motivation Theory-constructs. To determine correlates of parents who leave their infant unsupervised, logistic regression analyses were performed. Of the parents, 6.2% left their child unsupervised in the bathtub. Parents with older children (OR 1.24; 95%CI 1.00–1.54) were more likely to leave their child unsupervised in the bathtub. First-time parents (OR 0.59; 95%CI 0.36–0.97) and non-Western migrant fathers (OR 0.18; 95%CI 0.05–0.63) were less likely to leave their child unsupervised in the bathtub. Furthermore, parents who perceived higher self-efficacy (OR 0.57; 95%CI 0.47–0.69), higher response efficacy (OR 0.34; 95%CI 0.24–0.48), and higher severity (OR 0.74; 95%CI 0.58–0.93) were less likely to leave their child unsupervised. Since young children are at great risk of drowning if supervision is absent, effective strategies for drowning prevention should be developed and evaluated. In the meantime, health care professionals should inform parents with regard to the importance of supervision during bathing. MDPI 2013-03-04 2013-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3709290/ /pubmed/23459215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10030856 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article van Beelen, Mirjam E. J. van Beeck, Eduard F. den Hertog, Paul Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | correlates of unsupervised bathing of infants: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23459215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10030856 |
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