Home apnea monitoring and disruptions in family life: a multidimensional controlled study

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 82; no. 5; pp. 719 - 722
• Main Authors: Ahmann, E, Wulff, L, Meny, R G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.05.1992; American Public Health Association
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Apnea - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death; Families & family life; Family Health; Fathers - psychology; Female; Home Nursing - psychology; Home Nursing - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; Intensive care medicine; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; Mothers - psychology; Public health; Questionnaires; SIDS; Sudden infant death syndrome; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; United States; North America; America; Human; Nervous system diseases; Apnea; Parent; Sudden death; At home; Family environment; Infant; Epidemiology; Monitoring; Public health; Quality of life
• ISSN: 0090-0036; 1541-0048
• DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.82.5.719

We used data from telephone interviews and mailed questionnaires to examine 12 aspects of family life among 93 families with infants considered at high risk for sudden infant death syndrome and on home apnea monitors and a matched comparison group with infants not requiring monitoring. Using logistic regression to control confounding variables, we found that case mothers were at an increased risk of poor health, but we found no other significant differences in family life between the two groups.