Volume 26, Issue 123, May 2022

Infants’ swaddling practice in Jazan region: Medical students’ knowledge and perspectives

Ebtihal Eltyeb^1♦, Najwa Dahas², Njoud Osaysi², Maram Alshaikhi², Abdullah Ghazwani², Fatimah Ageeli²

¹Associate professor, department of pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan & Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
²Medical student, faculty of medicine, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Associate professor, department of pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan & Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Swaddling entails tightly covering an infant in a blanket, leaving just the head exposed. Swaddling is a common practice among Saudi mothers, but the risks and benefits between the practitioners received little attention. Objectives: This research seeks to assess the medical students' Jazan University knowledge of the swaddling practice regarding benefits and risks and assess their perspectives. Methods: A self-administered web-based questionnaire was distributed in the faculty of medicine among medical students at Jazan University. Results: The study involved 326 students about 91% saw the swaddling practice in real life, and 63% practiced it themselves. Our findings found that the medical students had a good knowledge level related to gender, marital status, knowing how to swaddle an infant, and practicing swaddling by them. Conclusion: While swaddling is a common practice, it has received little attention in evaluating the risks and benefits, particularly from a medical point of view. As a result, addressing medical students' knowledge of this practice could serve as a basis for future study and raise community awareness.

Keywords: Swaddling, Practice, knowledge, Perspectives, Medical students, Jazan region

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms161e2174

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i123/ms161e2174

Published: 05 May 2022