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. 2021 Nov 15;4(4):e27297. doi: 10.2196/27297

Table 3.

Characteristics of images.

Category Total (n=1563), n Bedding present, n (%)a Bed-sharing, n (%) Posedb, n (%) No baby present, n (%) Location unknown, n (%)
Images consistent with AAPc guidelines 117 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 95 (81.20) 0 (0)
Images inconsistent with AAP guidelines 1446 1173 (81.12) 66 (4.56) 167 (11.55) 332 (22.96) 572 (39.56)
Images with sleeping infant present 1134 845 (74.51) 66 (5.82) 174 (15.34) 0 (0) 662 (58.38)
Images with no sleeping infant present 429 328 (76.46) 0 (0) 0 (0) 429 (100) 1 (0.23)
Images with infant in sleep position inconsistent with AAP guidelines 479 387 (80.79) 28 (5.85) 122 (25.47) 0 (0) 254 (53.03)

Supine 488 406 (83.20) 31 (6.35) 45 (9.22) 0 (0) 299 (61.27)

Side 222 192 (86.49) 16 (7.21) 36 (16.22) 0 (0) 127 (57.21)

Prone 156 131 (83.97) 10 (6.41) 52 (33.33) 0 (0) 27 (17.31)

Sitting/upright 101 64 (63.37) 2 (1.98) 34 (33.66) 0 (0) 27 (26.73)

Held by an awake adult 169 54 (31.95) 7 (4.14) 7 (4.14) 0 (0) 110 (65.09)
Images of an infant sleep location inconsistent with AAP guidelines 162 103 (63.58) 12 (7.41) 18 (11.11) 1 (0.62) 0 (0)

Crib 422 326 (77.25) 2 (0.47) 5 (1.18) 333 (78.91) 0 (0)

Bassinet/Moses basket 150 113 (75.33) 1 (0.67) 5 (3.33) 82 (54.67) 0 (0)

Bed (any size) 128 116 (90.63) 31 (24.22) 18 (14.06) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Sitting device 90 47 (52.22) 1 (1.11) 14 (15.56) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Ground 31 20 (64.52) 2 (6.45) 4 (12.90) 1 (3.23) 0 (0)

Couch/sofa/cushioned armchair 55 40 (72.73) 11 (20.00) 4 (7.27) 0 (0) 0 (0)

In-bed co-sleeper, positioner, or dock 17 16 (94.12) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5.88) 0 (0)

Location unidentifiable 670 491 (73.28) 18 (2.69) 124 (18.51) 1 (0.15) 670 (100)
Images of sleeping infant on the same surface as another sleeping person or animal 65 60 (92.31) 65 (100) 4 (6.15) 0 (0) 18 (27.69)

Sharing with adult 37 33 (89.19) 37 (100) 1 (2.70) 0 (0) 6 (16.22)

Sharing with child 21 20 (95.24) 21 (100) 3 (14.29) 0 (0) 8 (38.10)

Sharing with animal 7 7 (100.00) 7 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (42.86)
Images with bedding present 1173 1173 (100) 61 (5.20) 139 (11.85) 319 (27.20) 491 (41.86)

Unswaddled blankets 832 832 (100) 45 (5.41) 95 (11.42) 177 (21.27) 376 (45.19)

Bumpers 146 146 (100) 2 (1.37) 7 (4.79) 82 (56.16) 15 (10.27)

Pillows 536 536 (100) 34 (6.34) 62 (11.57) 185 (34.51) 187 (34.89)

Other bedding 331 331 (100) 9 (2.72) 54 (16.31) 114 (34.44) 126 (38.07)
Images with infant head covered 191 156 (81.68) 6 (3.14) 55 (28.80) 0 (0) 12 (6.28)
Images with potential strangulation risk 196 162 (82.65) 8 (4.08) 80 (40.82) 0 (0) 140 (71.43)
Images with swaddled infant 116 94 (81.03) 9 (7.76) 41 (35.34) 0 (0) 75 (64.66)
Images with posed infantb 174 139 (79.89) 4 (2.30) 174 (100) 0 (0) 123 (70.69)
Images with pacifier 98 69 (70.41) 7 (7.14) 3 (3.06) 0 (0) 52 (53.06)

aAll percentages are row percentages, with the total images in that category as the denominator.

bImages with posed infant refer to images of infants that were obviously posed and did not represent true sleep environments (eg, flowerpots).

cAAP: American Academy of Pediatrics.