The aim is to study how a digital follow up tool can identify the preterm born children and their families who need further support or clinical interventions
This study runs a digital follow up parallel to clinical follow up, up to 2 years of corrected age of the child. It evaluates the ability of the digital follow up tool to identify the problems in growth and health, eating and feeding, neurodevelopment and parental wellbeing which require further support or interventions. This study includes all infants born under 34 weeks of gestation in Turku University Hospital during years 2019-2022 and those preterm children born under 32 weeks of gestation who turn to 2 years during years 2019-2021. Parent satisfaction about the digital follow up tool is asked at each time point and anonymously once per year. The follow up age points are the expected day of birth, 1 month, 2 months, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months after the expected birth date.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
70
A digital platform includes questions to parents about child wellbeing and development and parent wellbeing. A notification by email or app comes two weeks before the follow up time point. The parents respond via a link to a webpage or via an app.They also receive information (text and video) about age-appropriate child development. ePIPARI includes 8 assessment points from term age until 2 years of corrected age.
NICU/Pediatrics
Turku, Finland
RECRUITINGAbility to identify children and parents in need for further support/interventions questionnaire
Digital follow up tool is compared to clinical follow up
Time frame: 0-28 months
Response rate
How many families responded at each time point
Time frame: 0-28 months
Parent satisfaction Questionnaire
Questionnaire at each time point after the digital follow up and anonymous once yearly
Time frame: 0-28 months
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