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
Mercy Hospital for Women
Monash Medical Centre
Royal Children's Hospital (RCH)
Royal Women’s Hospital
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Royal Women's Hospital
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
