Journal article
The Baby Moves smartphone app for General Movements Assessment: Engagement amongst extremely preterm and term-born infants in a state-wide geographical study
AKL Kwong, AL Eeles, JE Olsen, JLY Cheong, LW Doyle, AJ Spittle
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14240
Abstract
Aim: The Baby Moves smartphone application is designed for parents to video their infants' spontaneous movement for remote General Movements Assessment (GMA). We aimed to assess the engagement with Baby Moves amongst high- and low-risk infants' families and the socio-demographic variables related to engagement. Methods: Families of extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestational age) or extremely low-birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g) infants and term-born controls from a state-wide geographical cohort study were asked to download Baby Moves. Baby Moves provided reminders and instructions to capture videos of their infants' general movements. Parents were surveyed about Baby Moves' usability. Results..
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Awarded by Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the extended Victorian Infant Collaborative Study team for their contribution to the current study and the families and infants involved in this study. This study was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Centre for Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine (grant no. 1060733), a Career Development Fellowship to JLY Cheong (grant no. 1141354) and AJ Spittle (grant no. 1108714)) and the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Program. In addition, AKL Kwong is funded by the Australian Government Research Training Program and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (grant no. CDG03817).