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Interdisciplinary E-health Based Follow-up of Preterm Born Children

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Preterm Birth
Interventions
Other: Diagnostics and intervention recommendations
Registration Number
NCT06345664
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital Tuebingen
Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to assess mental and somatic symptoms of preterm born children at the ages of 2, 5 and 10 by a multidisciplinary team and to evaluate an app that screens for these symptoms. Furthermore, there will be an evaluation of an intervention by our multidisciplinary team that provides recommendations for further treatment and diagnostic procedures of the children.

Detailed Description

* At first, there will be focus groups with experts and affected families to finalize and optimize the study procedure. After that, 90 children will be recruited (ages 2, 5 and 10)

* T0: App-questions for the children at the ages of 5 and 10 and the parents of all children to mental, somatic and sleep problems of the children and well-being of the parents, sleep tracking and recording of a sleep sequence of the children; differentiated examinations and questionnaires to mental and somatic problems of the children by interdisciplinary study team

* Interdisciplinary study team meeting to generate recommendations for the families

* Interdisciplinary study team recommendations for the families

* T1: Comparable to T0 but only measurements that were assessed with questionnaires/at home plus post-experimental questionnaire

* Focus groups with participating families and the study team experts for evaluation of the study procedure and intervention

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • female and male preterm born children (<32 week of pregnancy) that are treated at the clinic in Tübingen and their parents
  • Existence of systematical neonatal data and consent of the care person to use this data
  • Existence of the data of the 2 year regular follow-up (for the 5 and 10 year olds)
Exclusion Criteria
  • lack of access to a mobile phone/tablet including internet access
  • insufficient knowledge of the German language of both parents

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Diagnostic assessments and interventionDiagnostics and intervention recommendationsAll families get a diagnostics and intervention recommendations.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Youth Self Report (YSR)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Screening for mental illness

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler DevelopmentBaseline

IQ testing

Sleep Self Report (SSR)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Screening of sleeping behaviour

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Screening for mental illness

KIDSCREEN-27 (The KIDSCREEN)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Health related quality of life

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V)Baseline

IQ testing

SomaticsBaseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Questions to somatic symptoms (diagnoses, inpatient stays, medication, early support) physical therapy, hearing impairment or visual disturbance, pulmonary symptoms, seizure disorders, health related quality of life, body weight, size)

Parent's Stress Inventory (EBI)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Load as parents and relationship to the child

App-questionsBaseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Questions reflecting the questionnaires

Children's Sleep Habit Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE 4-10)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Screening of sleeping behaviour

Diagnostic-system for mental illness for children and adolescents - III (DISYPS-III SCREEN FBB and SBB)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Screening for mental illness

Postexperimental questionnaire36-38 weeks after baseline

Evaluation of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Actigraphy measurementBaseline

Device that the children are wearing at their wrists

Sleep cartoon for childrenBaseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Cartoon sleep behavior

Video of a sleeping sequenceBaseline

The parents are taking a short video sequence of their sleeping child

Demographic dataBaseline

age, gender, ethnicity, perinatal data from previous study participation

Kiddie-Sads-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS PL)Baseline

Screening mental Illness

Self efficacy dealing with social situations (WIRKSOZ)Baseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Self-efficacy measurement for social situations in children

Group interviewsBaseline and 36-38 weeks after baseline

Group interviews with experts and families to get feedback about the study procedure and needs

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Tuebingen

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Tuebingen, Germany

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