Evaluation of Digital Follow up of Preterm Infants

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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ePIPARI - Digital Follow-up of Preterm Infants During First Two Years

Conditions
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Preterm Birth, Development Delay, Sensory Disorder, Growth Disorders, Family Relations

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: ePIPARI digital follow up tool


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Children born before 34 weeks fo gestation and their parents Clinical follow up at Turku University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: Parents do not speak Finnish, Swedish or English

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 1 Month
Maximum Age: 28 Months

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: ePIPARI digital follow up tool|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.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ability to identify children and parents in need for further support/interventions questionnaire | Digital follow up tool is compared to clinical follow up | 0-28 months | 
| Response rate | How many families responded at each time point | 0-28 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parent satisfaction Questionnaire | Questionnaire at each time point after the digital follow up and anonymous once yearly | 0-28 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Preterm infant, Digital follow up, Electronic health monitoring