Assessing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Graduates Across Varied Settings: A Study on the Feasibility of the Baby Moves App

Colleen Peyton; Mech Frazier; David Aaby; Ryan Millman; Sarah Rodriguez; Lynn Boswell; Michael E Msall; Alicia Spittle; Raye-Ann de Regnier; Vanessa Maziero Barbosa; Theresa Sukal-Moulton

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113979

Assessing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Graduates Across Varied Settings: A Study on the Feasibility of the Baby Moves App

J Pediatr. 2024 Feb 22:269:113979. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113979. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: colleen.peyton1@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Research Services, Northwestern University Libraries, Chicago, IL.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago IL.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
⁸ Victorian Infant Brain Studies (VIBeS), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago IL.
¹⁰ University of Illinois Health, Chicago, IL.
¹¹ Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 38387754
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113979

Abstract

We assessed the feasibility of obtaining parent-collected General Movement Assessment videos using the Baby Moves app. Among 261 participants from 4 Chicago NICUs, 70% submitted videos. Families living in higher areas of childhood opportunity used the app more than those from areas of lower opportunity.

Keywords: NICU follow-up; childhood opportunity index; general movement assessment; infant assessment; pediatric telehealth.