Victorian Infant Collaborative Study 2016-2017 cohort (VICS 2016-2017 cohort)
The VICS aims to better understand the long-term health outcomes of extremely preterm (before 28 weeks of pregnancy) or extremely low birth weight (<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 2016-2017 cohort includes over 200 EP/ELBW infants born in Victoria between 2016 and 2017, and over 200 term-born infants. Perinatal data were collected, and participants have been followed up at 2 and 8 years, with plans to follow partiicpants throughout their secondary years and into adulthood.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
238 (EP/ELBW participants)
225 (term-born control participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (EP/ELBW participants)
Birth (term-born control participants)
Participant year of birth
2016 - 2017 (EP/ELBW participants)
2016 - 2017 (term-born control participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2016
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?
Yes
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
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