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Table 1 Outline of measures and when they will be performed

From: Methodology and recruitment for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the safety of wahakurafor infant bedsharing

 

Age of child

 

Pregnancy

1 month

3 months

6 months

Maternal and family demographics1

X

-

-

-

Maternal smoking status

X

X

-

-

Maternal alcohol and recreational drug use2

X

X

-

-

Baby urinary cotinine

 

X

  

Maternal salivary oxytocin and cotinine

X

X

X

-

Perinatal variables

-

X

-

-

Sleep study

-

X

-

-

Breastfeeding status

-

X

X

X

Dummy use

-

X

X

X

Frequency and duration bedsharing

-

X

X

X

Use of well-child/primary care and secondary care services

-

X

X

X

Environmental chaos3

X

-

-

-

Social support4

X

-

X

 

Social and economic stress5

X

-

X

X

Maternal depression6

X

-

X

X

Beliefs about infant care7

X

-

X

-

Attachment and parenting adaptation8

X

-

X

-

Mind-mindedness9

X

-

X

X

  1. 1Family structure, maternal education, combined family income, ethnicity, type of accommodation, number of bedrooms.
  2. 2Derived from the Australian national drug strategy household survey [42] and Australian health survey 2001 [43].
  3. 3Confusion, Hubub and Order Scale [44].
  4. 4NSW Child Health Survey [45].
  5. 5Measures used in POI.nz study (original source lost) [46]. Economic stress as utilised by the Welsh Family & School Transition Project 2001 (Harold, G., Personal Communication, June, 2007).
  6. 6Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [47].
  7. 7Questions designed by the authors to measure beliefs about infant care.
  8. 8Attachment and Adaptation Scales from the Parenting Stress Index [48].
  9. 9Questions designed by the authors to measure mind-mindedness. We will also code a 5 minute audio recording of each mother talking freely about her baby.
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BMC Pediatrics

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