Table 2.

Demographic data and clinicalcharacteristics

Focus groups population	N=14	First Focus group N=4	Second Focus group N=6	Third Focus group N=4
Age (years)	36.3 (24-62)	25.5 (24-27)	41 (28-62)	40.2 (31-53)
Female gender	10 (71.4%)	4 (100%)	3 (50%)	3 (75%)
Experience with extremely pretermchildren (years)	7.8 (1-36)	2 (1-4)	11.8 (3-36)	7.5 (2-10)
Function:
Senior physicians	8 (57.1%)	0	4 (66.7%)	4 (100%)
Junior physicians	5 (35.7%)	4 (100%)	1 (16.7%)	0
Psychologist	1 (7.2%)	0	1 (16.7%)	0
Specialties:
Obstetricians	2 (14.3%)	0	1 (16.7%)	1 (25%)
Neonatal physicians	7 (50%)	4 (100%)	1 (16.7%)	2 (50%)
Intensive care physicians	2 (14.3%)	0	2 (33.3%)	0
Paediatric neurologists	2 (14.3%)	0	1 (16.7%)	1 (25%)
Psychologist	1 (7.1%)	0	1 (16.7%)	0
Type of practice with very preterm children*:
Perinatal period only	2 (14.3%)	0	1 (16.7%)	1 (25%)
Perinatal period + short-term care	8 (57.2%)	4 (100%)	3 (50%)	1 (25%)
Perinatal + short-term care + long-term follow-up	3 (21.4%)	0	2 (33.3%)	1 (25%)
Long-term follow-up only	1 (7.1%)	0	0	1 (25%)
Duration of the Focusgroups (minutes)	100 (60-120)	60	120	120

*Type of practice with extremely preterm children: “short-term care” = during hospitalisation; “long-term follow-up”= consultations for follow-up for more than 4 years with neurocognitive screening after 4 years.