Individual Study / GNN - 5 year follow-up

GNN - 5 year follow-up - German Neonatal Network - 5 year follow-up


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Investigators Contacts
  • Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Göpel
    Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
  • Prof. Dr. Juliane Spiegler
    Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

Overview

Acronym
GNN - 5 year follow-up
Start Year
2009
Follow Up Is Ongoing
Year of Most Recent Data Collection
2021
New Data Collection planned?
Uncertain
Funding
yes, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), two phases: Start (2009-2015, 2,5 Mio €) and second phase (2015-2022, 5,09 Mio €).

Access

Access to external researchers or third parties provided or foreseen.

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Study Design

Study design
Cohort
Number of Data Collection Events
5
Number of term-born control births included in cohort (live & still births)
398

Marker Paper

Göpel W, Herting E. Geburtshilfe/Neonatologie. Was macht das Deutsche Frühgeborenen-Netzwerk? Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2010; 70(4): 328-329

PUBMED DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249873
Additional Publications
  • Search PubMed: German neonatal network

Timeline

GNN-5 year follow up

Selection Criteria
Countries
  • Germany
Geographical Area
all over Germany
VPT/VLBW Group Inclusion Criteria
Birth weight < 1500g and gestational age < 37 weeks.
Control Group Inclusion Criteria
Survey of Neonates in Pomerania (SNiP II). Living in certain geographical region (determined by postcode).
VPT/VLBW Group Exclusion Criteria
Missing parental consent
Control Group Exclusion Criteria
Missing parental consent, children placed for adoption, insufficient knowledge of German language for interviews.
Supplementary Information
The Data was collected at a Follow-up examination at preschool age (5-6 years) including: - physician interview - parental interview - examination of the child by physician (vital signs, body measurements, motor development test, development test, spirometry, eye-test, hearing-test) - vaccination records with the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) - body measurements through the years measured at the U examinations until the U9
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 5 year follow-up - Examination 2014-09 2021-08
1 5 year follow-up - Vaccinations 2014-09 2021-08
2 5 year follow-up - Parental questionnaire 2014-09 2021-08
3 5 year follow-up - Pyhsician questionnaire 2014-09 2021-08
4 5 year follow-up - Body measurements at the german U examinations 2014-09 2021-08