Improving infant sleep safety via electronic health record communication: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With increased use of telehealth, interventions to improve infant sleep environments have not been explored. This study sought to assess the feasibility and efficacy of using electronic health record patient portals to transmit photographs of infant sleep between mothers and healthcare professionals as part of an intervention to promote sleep environments consistent with AAP guidelines.

Methods

One hundred eighty-four mother-newborn dyads consented to participate in a randomized trial requiring patient portal registration within 1 month of delivery. We first assessed feasibility as measured by a) the proportion of consented mothers enrolling in the portal and b) maternal adherence to prompts to submit photographs of their infant sleeping to the research team throu

SUBMITTER: Canty EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542743 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature