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
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?
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-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
