This paper focuses on healthcare professionals’ knowledge about risk and protective factors of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. We adapted a Rasch model to obtain an index of unpreparedness which we then analysed with a random logistic regression model. Healthcare professionals from different regions present significant differences in their knowledge. All healthcare professionals, especially physicians, show a significantly lower knowledge than paediatricians. Similar conclusions can be drawn with respect to those not working in birth centres or in family planning clinics.
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME: KNOWLEDGE OF ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG ITALIAN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
BOCCUZZO, GIOVANNA;
2012
Abstract
This paper focuses on healthcare professionals’ knowledge about risk and protective factors of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. We adapted a Rasch model to obtain an index of unpreparedness which we then analysed with a random logistic regression model. Healthcare professionals from different regions present significant differences in their knowledge. All healthcare professionals, especially physicians, show a significantly lower knowledge than paediatricians. Similar conclusions can be drawn with respect to those not working in birth centres or in family planning clinics.File in questo prodotto:
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