PREDICT Outcomes to inform services for children with Cerebral Palsy

每15个小时就有一个新生的脑瘫(CP)婴儿出生。脑性瘫痪是由于早期的静止性脑损伤，但身体问题可能会发展。我们的预测计划将检查大脑结构和运动发育的早期指标，结合8岁时的生长、营养、体力活动、认知、沟通、参与和生活质量结果，并将这些与医疗保健成本联系起来。这些预测模型将告知早期干预的时机、适当的服务提供和预计的卫生保健成本。

Every 15 hours a new child is born with Cerebral Palsy (CP). CP is due to an early static brain injury however physical problems can progress. Our PREDICT program will examine early measures of brain structure and motor development combined with growth, nutrition, physical activity, cognition, communication, participation, quality of life outcomes at 8 years and relate these to the costs of health care. These prediction models will inform the timing of early interventions, appropriate service provision and projected costs of health care.