The EPIPAGE cohort, funded by INSERM and the French general health
authority, is a multi-regional French follow-up survey of severely
premature children. It included more than 4000 children born at less
than 33 weeks gestational age, and two control samples of children,
respectively born at 33-34 weeks of gestational age and born full
term. The general objectives were to study short and long term motor,
cognitive and behavioural outcomes in these children, and to determine
the impact of medical practice, care provision and organization of
perinatal care, environment, family circle and living conditions on
child health and development. About 2600 children born severely
premature and 400 and 600 controls respectively were followed up to
the age of 5 years and then to the age of 8.
The database belongs to the INSERM unit U953 (P.Y. Ancel).
which has agreed to include the variable SDQ in the library.