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. 2018 Apr 10;8(4):e019945. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019945

Table 2.

Summary of SWIDDICH study actions

Time point Pregnancy Child follow-up
First pregnancy visit (<12 weeks) Weeks 7–12 Weeks 25–28 Weeks 34–38 18 months 3.5 years 7 years 14 years
Enrolment
 Information given X
 Eligibility screen X
 Informed consent X
 Allocation X
Intervention
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Assessments First pregnancy visit (<12 weeks) Weeks 7–12 Weeks 25–28 Weeks 34–38 18 months 3.5 years 7 years 14 years
 Urinary iodine concentration X X X X X X
 Thyroid function* X X X X X
 Milk iodine concentration
Cognition
 IQ
X
WPPSI
X
WISC
X
WISC
  Behaviour X
CBCL
X
CBCL
Nordic
5–15
X
CBCL
Nordic
5–15
 Psychomotor development X
ASQ-3
X
Mov ABC
 Brain MRI (subgroup) X X
Background information
 EUthyroid SES questionnaire adults X X X X
 EUthyroid SES questionnaire children X
 Own questionnaire X X X X X X X

*FT4 TSH, thyroglobulin: serum sampling during pregnancy and dry blood spot sampling during children follow-up.

ASQ, The Ages and Stages Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; EUthyroid SES questionnaire, Socioeconomic Status questionnaire, validated by EUthyroid foundation; Mov ABC, Movement Assessment Battery for Children; SWIDDICH, Swedish Iodine in Pregnancy and Development in Children; WISC, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; WPPSI, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence.