Transition from physical to virtual visit format for a longitudinal brain ageing study, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Operationalising adaptive methods and challenges
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Author(s)
Udeh-Momoh, Chinedu
Loots, celeste
Price, ger
Middleton, L
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated adaptations to standard operations and management of clinical studies, following lockdown measures put in place by several governments to reduce SARS-COV-2 spread. In this paper, we describe our telehealth strategy developed for transitioning our dementia prevention clinical observational prospective study from face-to-face visits to virtual visits, to ensure the ongoing collection of longitudinal data. We share the lessons learned in terms of challenges experienced and solutions implemented to achieve successful administration of study assessments. Our methods will be useful for informing longitudinal observational or interventional studies that require a feasible model for remote data collection, in cognitively unimpaired adults.
Date Issued
2020-08
Date Acceptance
2020-07-09
Citation
Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 2020, 6 (1), pp.1-7
ISSN
2352-8737
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Start Page
1
End Page
7
Journal / Book Title
Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions
Volume
6
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Identifier
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/trc2.12055
Subjects
COVID‐19 pandemic
longitudinal studies
preclinical Alzheimer's disease
telehealth
virtual visit
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-08-27