Behavioral and emotional outcomes at preschool age in children born very preterm: The role of breast milk feeding practices.
Rodrigues C, Zeitlin J, Carvalho AR, Gonzaga D, Barros H; Portuguese EPICE (Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe) Network.
Early Hum Dev. (2022)
Association between postnatal growth and neurodevelopmental impairment by sex at 2 years of corrected age in a multi-national cohort of very preterm children.
El Rafei R, Jarreau PH, Norman M, Maier RF, Barros H, Van Reempts P, Pedersen P, Cuttini M, Costa R, Zemlin M, Zeitlin J; EPICE Research Group.
Clin Nutr. 2021 Aug;40(8):4948-4955. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.07.005. Epub 2021 Jul 15.
Strategies for assessing the impact of loss to follow-up on estimates of neurodevelopmental impairment in a very preterm cohort at 2 years of age.
Piedvache A, van Buuren S, Barros H, Ribeiro AI, Draper E, Zeitlin J; EPICE Research group.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021 Jun 6;21(1):118. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01264-3.
Maternal education and language development at 2 years corrected age in children born very preterm: results from a European population-based cohort study.
Sentenac M, Johnson S, Charkaluk M-L, Sëppanen A-V, Ulrika A, Cuttini M, Maier R, Mannamaa M, Zeitlin J; Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) research group.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Jan 29.
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic factors influence language development in the general population, but the association remains poorly documented in children born very preterm (VPT). We assessed the impact of maternal education on language development in children born VPT and effect modification by perinatal risk.
Specialist health care services use in a European cohort of infants born very preterm.
Seppänen AV, Bodeau-Livinec F, Boyle EM, Edstedt-Bonamy AK, Cuttini M, Toome L, Maier RF, Cloet E, Koopman-Esseboom C, Pedersen P, Gadzinowski J, Barros H, Zeitlin J; Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) research group.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 2018 Dec 3.
AIM: Children born very preterm require additional specialist care because of the health and developmental risks associated with preterm birth, but information on their health service use is sparse. We sought to describe the use of specialist services by children born very preterm in Europe.
METHOD: We analysed data from the multi-regional, population-based Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) cohort of births before 32 weeks' gestation in 11 European countries. Perinatal data were abstracted from medical records and parents completed a questionnaire at 2 years corrected age (4322 children; 2026 females, 2296 males; median gestational age 29wks, interquartile range [IQR] 27-31wks; median birthweight 1230g, IQR 970-1511g). We compared parent-reported use of specialist services by country, perinatal risk (based on gestational age, small for gestational age, and neonatal morbidities), maternal education, and birthplace.