University of North Carolina Early Brain Development Study (EBDS)
The EBDS aims to study early childhood development and its relationship to cognitive development and risk for psychiatric disorders. Pregnant women with and without schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were recruited from outpatient clinics at UNC Hospitals and Duke University Medical Center in the United States of America. Over 1,000 mother-child dyads were enrolled beginning in 2004 and are being followed longitudinally from birth to age 14 years. So far, participants have been followed up at birth, 1, 2, 4, and 6 years.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
1,134 (mother-child dyads)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2004
Primary Institutions
Duke University Medical Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
Links
med.unc.edu/psych/research/psychiatry-department-research-programs/early-brain-development-research/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
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