Transition from physical to virtual visit format for a longitudinal brain ageing study, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Operationalising adaptive methods and challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated adaptations to standard operations and management of clinical studies, following lockdown measures put in place by several governments to reduce SARS-COV-2 spread. 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.