Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
In-person versus virtual administration of the American College of Rheumatology gold standard cognitive battery in systemic lupus erythematosus: Are they interchangeable?
Authors' conclusion
Of the 19 tests in the ACR-NB, we identified one or more problems with eight (42%) tests when moving from in-person to virtual administration.
Study context
- Population
- Participants with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a longitudinal study of cognitive impairment, adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic328 SLE participants
- Participants
- 801 visits
- Exposure
- In-person vs virtual administration of the modified ACR-neuropsychological battery (ACR-NB)
- In-personn = 696reference
- Virtualn = 105
- Outcome
- Cognitive performance and CI classification on the ACR-NB by administration method
Methodological detailsmulti-visit, intra-individual comparisons, retrospective preferences questionnaire
- Multi-visit
- Intra-individual comparisons
- Retrospective preferences questionnaire
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cognitive performance across all three comparisons
Tests consistently statistically significantly different across all three comparisons
6
Participants whose CI classification changed
11 of 71
15%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Preferred administration method (retrospective questionnaire)
Baseline characteristics
- Demographic, clinical and psychiatric characteristics comparable except ethnicity, anxiety and disease-related damage
Original publication
In-person versus virtual administration of the American College of Rheumatology gold standard cognitive battery in systemic lupus erythematosus: Are they interchangeable? Lupus. Published 10 April 2023. doi:10.
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