Aliyah Mawji1, Ardene Robinson Vollman2, Tak Fung3, Jennifer Hatfield2, Deborah A McNeil4, Reginald Sauvé5. 1. School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Community Studies, Mount Royal University; 2. Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; 3. Information Technologies, University of Calgary; 4. Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary; ; Population and Public Health, Alberta Health Services; 5. Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; ; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine potential risk factors for developing positional plagiocephaly in infants seven to 12 weeks of age in Calgary, Alberta. METHODS: A prospective cohort design was used. Healthy term infants (n=440), seven to 12 weeks of age, from well-child clinics at four community health centres in Calgary, Alberta were assessed by the primary author and a registered nurse research assistant using Argenta's plagiocephaly assessment tool. Parents completed a questionnaire surveying risk factors. RESULTS: The incidence of positional plagiocephaly was estimated to be 46.6%. The following risk factors were identified using multiple logistic regression: right-sided head positional preference (OR 4.66 [95% CI 2.85 to 7.58]; P<0.001), left-sided head positional preference (OR 4.21 [95% CI 2.45 to 7.25]; P<0.001), supine sleep position (OR 2.67 [95% CI 1.58 to 4.51]; P<0.001), vacuum/forceps assisted delivery (OR 1.88 [95% CI 1.02 to 3.49]; P=0.04) and male sex (OR 1.55 [95% CI 1.00 to 2.38]; P=0.05). CONCLUSION: Advice to vary infants' head positions needs to be communicated to parents/guardians well before the two-month well-child clinic visit. This could occur in the prenatal period by prenatal care providers or educators, or during the neonatal period by postpartum and public health nurses. Prevention education may be emphasized for parents/guardians of male infants and infants who have had assisted deliveries.
OBJECTIVE: To determine potential risk factors for developing positional plagiocephaly in infants seven to 12 weeks of age in Calgary, Alberta. METHODS: A prospective cohort design was used. Healthy term infants (n=440), seven to 12 weeks of age, from well-child clinics at four community health centres in Calgary, Alberta were assessed by the primary author and a registered nurse research assistant using Argenta's plagiocephaly assessment tool. Parents completed a questionnaire surveying risk factors. RESULTS: The incidence of positional plagiocephaly was estimated to be 46.6%. The following risk factors were identified using multiple logistic regression: right-sided head positional preference (OR 4.66 [95% CI 2.85 to 7.58]; P<0.001), left-sided head positional preference (OR 4.21 [95% CI 2.45 to 7.25]; P<0.001), supine sleep position (OR 2.67 [95% CI 1.58 to 4.51]; P<0.001), vacuum/forceps assisted delivery (OR 1.88 [95% CI 1.02 to 3.49]; P=0.04) and male sex (OR 1.55 [95% CI 1.00 to 2.38]; P=0.05). CONCLUSION: Advice to vary infants' head positions needs to be communicated to parents/guardians well before the two-month well-child clinic visit. This could occur in the prenatal period by prenatal care providers or educators, or during the neonatal period by postpartum and public health nurses. Prevention education may be emphasized for parents/guardians of male infants and infants who have had assisted deliveries.
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