Goals of the Study
What did we hope to achieve?
We wanted to work out:
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How healthy the EPICure children were as they approached adolescence.
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The relationship between problems the EPICure children had at 11 years old and what happened around the time of birth and on the Baby Unit.
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Whether children who had problems at 2.5 and 6 years old still had problems at 11 years old.
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Whether the EPICure children had breathing problems and, if so, how this relates to how sick they were as babies.
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We wanted to find out about the children’s concentration and problem solving skills and if this affects their behaviour.
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How the children’s family life affects their thinking and behaviour.
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How some of the children’s genes may affect their thinking, behaviour and whether they have breathing problems.