Evaluation of Digital Follow up of Preterm Infants (ePIPARI)

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.