LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

Memory Maestros: Education and childcare

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2012	2012	2012	2013	2014
	Phase	1: Baseline and screening	2: Intervention	3: 6 month follow-up	4: 12 month follow-up	5: 24 month follow-up
	Age	6-7 years	6-7 years	6-8 years	7-8 years	8-9 years
	N	1802	Substudy: 452	Substudy: 452	Substudy: 452	Total: 1269 Substudy: 397
Current education			P:M-M ^I			P:M-M ^I	P:M-M ^I
Educational achievement							L:NAPLAN ^I Total: 1387
Educational assistance			P:M-M ^I			P:M-M ^I	P:M-M ^I Substudy: 397
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^P
Literacy					T:LSAC-ARS ^I	T:LSAC-ARS ^I	T:LSAC-ARS ^I Substudy: 397
Reading						O:WRAT4 ^I	O:WRAT4 ^I
School environment					O:M-M ^I	O:M-M ^I	O:M-M ^I
School functioning			P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I		P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I

Featured measurements

LSAC-ARS: : LSAC devised - Academic Rating Scale
M-M: : Memory Maestros Study-devised measure
NAPLAN: : National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
PedsQL 4.0: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 Generic Core Scales
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

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.