Open AccessTransition from physical to virtual visit format for a longitudinal brain aging study, in response to the Covid‐19 pandemic. Operationalizing adaptive methods and challenges
Author(s) -
UdehMomoh Chinedu Theresa,
JagerLoots Celeste A.,
Price Geraint,
Middleton Lefkos T.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia: translational research and clinical interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.49
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 2352-8737
DOI - 10.1002/trc2.12055
Subject(s) - observational study , operationalization , pandemic , data collection , telehealth , covid-19 , longitudinal study , dementia , psychology , longitudinal data , computer science , medical education , gerontology , medicine , telemedicine , health care , political science , data mining , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , statistics , mathematics
The COVID‐19 pandemic necessitated adaptations to standard operations and management of clinical studies, after lockdown measures put in place by several governments to reduce the spread of SARS‐COV‐2. 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.