Formative evaluation to improve prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): a prospective study

Aim: To evaluate formative evaluation, a pedagogic method that sensitizes mothers to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), as a new way to improve prevention of SIDS. Methods: Prospective and randomized study. Mothers in a test group (n = 148) received an educative questionnaire about SIDS during maternity stay. Three months later, we evaluated, by a telephonic interview, their scores of knowledge and observance of the recommendations in comparison with a control group (n = 144). Results: Mothers’ scores at the educative questionnaire was 5.12 (1.52) [mean(standard deviation)]. The scores performed 3 months later were better in test group for knowledge [7.64 (1.56) vs. 7.16 (1.61), p