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. 2024 Jun:269:113979.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113979. Epub 2024 Feb 22.

Assessing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Graduates Across Varied Settings: A Study on the Feasibility of the Baby Moves App

Colleen Peyton  1 , Mech Frazier  2 , David Aaby  3 , Ryan Millman  4 , Sarah Rodriguez  5 , Lynn Boswell  6 , Michael E Msall  7 , Alicia Spittle  8 , Raye-Ann de Regnier  9 , Vanessa Maziero Barbosa  10 , Theresa Sukal-Moulton  11
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Assessing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Graduates Across Varied Settings: A Study on the Feasibility of the Baby Moves App

Colleen Peyton et al. J Pediatr. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

We assessed the feasibility of obtaining parent-collected General Movement Assessment videos using the Baby Moves app. Among 261 participants from 4 Chicago NICUs, 70% submitted videos. Families living in higher areas of childhood opportunity used the app more than those from areas of lower opportunity.

Keywords: NICU follow-up; childhood opportunity index; general movement assessment; infant assessment; pediatric telehealth.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest Peyton and Spittle are members of the General Movements Trust Speakers Bureau. deRegnier is an Associate Editor for The Journal of Pediatrics. This project was generously supported by Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science and the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. CP receives support from National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant KL2TR001424. Michael Msall was supported in part by T73 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders Training Program (LEND, T73MC11047) and the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services (UA6MC32492), the Life Course Intervention Research Network. Preterm Research Node: Engaging Families of Preterm Babies to Optimize Thriving and Well-Being.

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Figure 1.
Flow chart of enrolled participants
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Anonymized geocoded addresses of Baby Moves App participants at birth plotted on a map of Cook County, Illinois, categorized by nationally normed Childhood Opportunity Levels in 2015.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Anonymized geocoded addresses of Baby Moves App participants at birth plotted on a map of Cook County, Illinois, categorized by drive times to the nearest Level III NICU Center.
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