Table 3 Age, context, infant’s status and environment at time of death

Age (days)

12 (8, 142)

3 (1, 140)

0.02

Context

 < 0.001

 Severe brain lesions

63 (55)

0 (0)

 Severe congenital malformation

28 (24)

2 (3)

 Respiratory failure

0 (0)

20 (31)

 Sepsis

0 (0)

13 (20)

 NEC, other GI disease

11 (10)

7 (11)

 Extreme immaturity

13 (11)

22 (34)

Presence with the infant

 Mother

100 (87)

52 (81)

0.31

 Father

83 (72)

45 (70)

0.79

 Both parents

81 (70)

42 (66)

0.51

 Siblings

2 (2)

1 (2)

1.0

 Other family members

15 (13)

9 (14)

1.0

 Absence of family members

5 (4)

7 (11)

0.17

 Death in arms of

0.016

  Mother

74 (64)

43 (67)

  Father

18 (16)

2 (3)

  Family members/caregivers

11 (10)

5 (8)

  Nobody

12 (10)

14 (22)

Perception of the infant's condition and environment by caregivers^a

 Satisfactory pain control

108 (94)

58 (91)

0.61

 Satisfactory PS by relatives

104 (90)

50 (78)

0.04

 Proposal of

  Psychological support

89 (77)

39 (61)

0.03

  Spiritual support

78 (68)

30 (47)

0.01