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The baby sleep project: evaluation of support for families to follow safer sleep advice.

Supporting families with infants at risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy: co-production and realist evaluation of intervention to support safer infant sleep for families with infants at increased risk.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN73364337
Enrollment
220
Registered
2024-02-09
Start date
2024-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-22

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Conditions

Supporting families with infants at risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy Not Applicable

Interventions

A realist evaluation study involving before and after mixed methods data collection as follows: 1. Pre-intervention baseline data collection from families completing surveys at approximately 4 and 8 w

Sponsors

University of Bristol
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Health professionals (teams of health visitors, neonatal nurses, midwives and specialist nurses (family nurse partnerships) working with families experiencing poverty. 2. Parents/caregivers of infants, either still pregnant or with infants under 2 weeks old, receiving services from recruited health professional teams, can take part in the evaluation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals under 16 years of age 2. Anyone who lacks cognitive capacity to consent 3. Anyone unable to complete an interview in English

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Safer sleep adherence is measured using infant sleep diaries at 4 weeks and 8 weeks post birth

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Current secondary outcome measures: 1. Parental self-efficacy is measured using the 13-item two-factor Uppsala Parental Self-Efficacy about Infant Sleep Instrument (UPPSEISI) at 4 weeks and 8 weeks post birth 2. Implementation processes are measured using the 23-item Nomad questionnaires at baseline, 2 months and 4 months Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Parental self-efficacy is measured using the TOPSE-baby questionnaire at 4 weeks and 8 weeks post birth 2. Implementation processes are measured using the 23-item Nomad questionnaires at baseline, 2 months and 4 months

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026