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  • Title: Mothers' behavior with home infant apnea monitors.
    Author: Wilson AL, Stevens DC, Becker BK, Klinghagen RD.
    Journal: J Perinatol; 1990 Sep; 10(3):275-9. PubMed ID: 2213269.
    Abstract:
    This study presents findings from 35 interviews with mothers of infants who were monitored for apnea following discharge from the same neonatal intensive care unit. The interviews took place at a mean of 28 weeks following discontinuation of the infant home apnea monitor and focused upon the mothers' behavior with the monitor. One family had independently ceased to use the monitor within 1 week of their infant's hospital discharge. All other mothers reported always having used the monitor at night, and 92% always used it during their infants' daytime naps. Approximately one half of the mothers would not have been able to consistently hear an alarm, however, when their infant was asleep. Consistency of availability to a monitored infant was not related to the mothers' background, attitudes, or experiences with their infant. These data indicate the need to emphasize for all caregivers the importance of being available to their monitored infant at all times.
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