LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VIHCS: Neurocognitive development

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2006-2013	2006-2013	2007-2014	2015-2021
	Wave	Antenatal	Postnatal	Infancy	Childhood
	Age	28-41 weeks gestation	4-31 weeks	50-77 weeks	96-114 months
	N	806	877	975	878
Assessment of needs						P:CSHCNS ^I
Attention			P:CIS-R ^M		P:STST ^I
Communicates with gestures					P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Communication skills					P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Developmental screening						P:CSHCNS ^I
Language development					P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Memory			P:CIS-R ^M
Memory assessment						O:WISC-IV-DS ^I
Persistence					P:STST ^I	P:SATI ^I
Play behaviour					P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Social-emotional development					P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I

Featured measurements

CSHCNS: : Children with Special Health Care Needs screener
CIS-R: : Clinical Interview Schedule – Revised
CSBS-DP-ITC: : Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist
SATI: : School Aged Temperament Inventory
STST: : Short Temperament Scale for Toddlers
WISC-IV-DS: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fourth edition - Digit Span

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.