Evaluating Community-Facing Virtual Modalities to Support Complex Neurological Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Katelyn Brehon   ¹ , MPH ;   Jay Carriere   ² , MSc, PhD ;   Katie Churchill   ³ , MScOT ;   Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Petra O'Connell   ^{5, 6} , MHSA ;   Elisavet Papathanassoglou   ⁶ , MSc, PhD ;   Rob MacIsaac   ⁷ , RSW ;   Mahdi Tavakoli   ² , PhD, PEng ;   Chester Ho   ^{4, 6} , MD ;   Kiran Pohar Manhas   ⁶ , MSc, JD, PhD

¹ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

² Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

³ Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁵ Obesity Diabetes Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ Neurosciences, Rehabilitation & Vision Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁷ Spinal Cord Injury Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada