In-person versus virtual administration of the American College of Rheumatology gold standard cognitive battery in systemic lupus erythematosus : Are they interchangeable?

OBJECTIVE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many research studies were adapted, including our longitudinal study examining cognitive impairment (CI) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Cognitive testing was switched from in-person to virtual. This analysis aimed to determine if the administration method (in-person vs. virtual) of the ACR-neuropsychological battery (ACR-NB) affected participant cognitive performance and classification.

METHODS: Data from our multi-visit, SLE CI study included demographic, clinical, and psychiatric characteristics, and the modified ACR-NB. Three analyses were undertaken for cognitive performance: (1) all visits, (2) non-CI group visits only and (3) intra-individual comparisons. A retrospective preferences questionnaire was given to participants who completed the ACR-NB both in-person and virtually.

RESULTS: We analysed 328 SLE participants who had 801 visits (696 in-person and 105 virtual). Demographic, clinical, and psychiatric characteristics were comparable except for ethnicity, anxiety and disease-related damage. Across all three comparisons, six tests were consistently statistically significantly different. CI classification changed in 11/71 (15%) participants. 45% of participants preferred the virtual administration method and 33% preferred in-person.

CONCLUSIONS: 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. As the use of virtual cognitive testing will likely increase, these issues need to be addressed - potentially by validating a virtual version of the ACR-NB. Until then, caution must be taken when directly comparing virtual to in-person test results. If future studies use a mixed administration approach, this should be accounted for during analysis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Lupus - 32(2023), 6 vom: 10. Mai, Seite 737-745

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barraclough, M L [VerfasserIn]
Diaz-Martinez, J P [VerfasserIn]
Knight, A [VerfasserIn]
Bingham, K [VerfasserIn]
Su, J [VerfasserIn]
Kakvan, M [VerfasserIn]
Grajales, C Muñoz [VerfasserIn]
Tartaglia, M C [VerfasserIn]
Ruttan, L [VerfasserIn]
Wither, J [VerfasserIn]
Choi, M Y [VerfasserIn]
Bonilla, D [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, N [VerfasserIn]
Appenzeller, S [VerfasserIn]
Parker, B [VerfasserIn]
Katz, P [VerfasserIn]
Beaton, D [VerfasserIn]
Green, R [VerfasserIn]
Bruce, I N [VerfasserIn]
Touma, Z [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cognitive impairment
Journal Article
Neuropsychiatric lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Date Completed 17.05.2023

Date Revised 19.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/09612033231168477

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355406497