Sistema de Salut de Catalunya
[Cysique LA] Departament de Psicologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Nova Gal·les del Sud, Sydney, NSW, Austràlia. Centre d'Investigació Mèdica Aplicada de Vincent, Unitat de Neurociència Peter Duncan, Darlinghurst, Austràlia. MAP Centre de Solucions de Salut Urbana, Hospital de Sant Miquel, Toronto, ON, Canadà. [Łojek E] Servei de Neuropsicologia Clínica i Psicoteràpia, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Varsòvia, Varsòvia, Polònia. [Cheung TCK] Departament de Psicologia, Universitat de Toronto; Centre de Neuropsicologia i Benestar Emocional, Markham, ON, Canadà. [Cullen B, Evans J] Institut de Salut i Benestar, Universitat de Glasgow, Glasgow, Regne Unit. [Egbert AR] Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Columbia Britànica, Vancouver, BC, Canadà. [Garolera, M] Unitat de Neuropsicologia, Hospital de Terrassa, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
2023-05-08T13:03:49Z
2023-05-08T13:03:49Z
2022-07
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.
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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
Cambridge University Press
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/
