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Assessment of Neurocognitive Functions, Olfaction, Taste, Mental, and Psychosocial Health in COVID-19 in Adults: Recommendations for Harmonization of Research and Implications for Clinical Practice Cysique, Lucette Łojek, Emilia Cheung, Theodore C.K. Cullen, Breda Egbert, Anna Evans, Jonathan Garolera, Maite COVID-19 (Malaltia) Neuropsicologia Pacients - Avaluació PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY::Behavioral Disciplines and Activities::Behavioral Sciences::Psychophysiology::Neuropsychology DISEASES::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Surveys and Questionnaires::Health Surveys::Health Status Indicators::Patient Acuity ENFERMEDADES::virosis::infecciones por virus ARN::infecciones por Nidovirales::infecciones por Coronaviridae::infecciones por Coronavirus PSIQUIATRÍA Y PSICOLOGÍA::disciplinas y actividades conductuales::ciencias de la conducta::psicofisiología::neuropsicología TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS::técnicas de investigación::métodos epidemiológicos::recopilación de datos::encuestas y cuestionarios::encuestas de salud::indicadores de salud::estado del paciente Assessment; COVID-19; Guidelines; Neuropsychological functions. Avaluació; COVID 19; Directrius; Funcions neuropsicològiques. Evaluación; COVID-19; Pautas; Funciones neuropsicológicas Objective: To propose a set of internationally harmonized procedures and methods for assessing neurocognitive functions, smell, taste, mental, and psychosocial health, and other factors in adults formally diagnosed with COVID-19 (confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 + WHO definition). Methods: We formed an international and cross-disciplinary NeuroCOVID Neuropsychology Taskforce in April 2020. Seven criteria were used to guide the selection of the recommendations' methods and procedures: (i) Relevance to all COVID-19 illness stages and longitudinal study design; (ii) Standard, cross-culturally valid or widely available instruments; (iii) Coverage of both direct and indirect causes of COVID-19-associated neurological and psychiatric symptoms; (iv) Control of factors specifically pertinent to COVID-19 that may affect neuropsychological performance; (v) Flexibility of administration (telehealth, computerized, remote/online, face to face); (vi) Harmonization for facilitating international research; (vii) Ease of translation to clinical practice. Results: The three proposed levels of harmonization include a screening strategy with telehealth option, a medium-size computerized assessment with an online/remote option, and a comprehensive evaluation with flexible administration. The context in which each harmonization level might be used is described. Issues of assessment timelines, guidance for home/remote assessment to support data fidelity and telehealth considerations, cross-cultural adequacy, norms, and impairment definitions are also described. Conclusions: The proposed recommendations provide rationale and methodological guidance for neuropsychological research studies and clinical assessment in adults with COVID-19. We expect that the use of the recommendations will facilitate data harmonization and global research. Research implementing the recommendations will be crucial to determine their acceptability, usability, and validity. 2025-10-24T08:28:56Z 2025-10-24T08:28:56Z 2023-05-08T13:03:49Z 2023-05-08T13:03:49Z 2022-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/11351/9480 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society;28(6) https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617721000862 Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Cambridge University Press Scientia