EPICE-PT 3 Year Follow up
Networks
-
Variables
-
Associated study
- Portugal
| Acronym | EPICE-PT |
|---|---|
| Name | Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe - Portugal |
| Study design | Cohort |
| Number of very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) births included in cohort (live & still births) | 974 |
| Number of term-born control births included in cohort (live & still births) | 0 |
| Countries |
|
Population
Portugal
The EPICE-PT cohort included all births (terminations of pregnancy, stillbirths, live births), from 22+0 to 31+6 weeks of gestation, occurred between 1st June 2011 and 31st May 2012.
The EPICE-PT involved all of the public maternity units (n=27) from two Portuguese regions, the Northern and Lisbon and Tagus Valley, as well as three private units from Lisbon.
Data Collection Event
3 Year Follow-up
***Follow-up at 3 years***
A parental structured questionnaire was applied by phone, by trained interviewers.
This questionnaire focused on socio-demographic characteristics, health of child, health service use, growth and food (including total breastfeeding duration).
Additionally, behavioural and emotional problems were measured using the Child Behaviour Checklist for ages 1½-5 years (CBCL/1½-5). Also, parents completed a food diary detailing everything the child ate or drank for 3 days. Both instruments CBCL and food diary were sent out by post (and to be returned by post).