Victorian Infant Collaborative Study 1997 cohort (VICS 1997 cohort)
The VICS aims to better understand the long-term health outcomes of extremely preterm (EP; before 28 weeks of pregnancy) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g) babies born in Victoria, Australia. VICS includes several cohorts recruited in distinct birth eras (from 1979-80 to the most recent 2023 cohort). The VICS 1997 cohort includes approximately 200 EP/ELBW infants born in Victoria in 1997, and 200 term-born infants. birth. Perinatal data were collected, and participants were followed up at ages 2, 8 and 18 years.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
201 (EP/ELBW participants)
199 (term-born control participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (EP/ELBW participants)
Birth (term-born control participants)
Participant year of birth
1997 (EP/ELBW participants)
1997 (term-born control participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital (Healthcare/Medical, Australia)
Mercy Hospital for Women (Healthcare/Medical, Australia)
Monash Medical Centre (Healthcare/Medical, Australia)
Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) (Healthcare/Medical, Australia)
Royal Women’s Hospital (Healthcare/Medical, Australia)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Research council, Australia)
Royal Women's Hospital (Healthcare/Medical, Australia)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – online
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
