Impacto de una Intervención Virtual en Lectura en Niños Disléxicos: ¿Es Distinta la Eficacia Respecto de una Intervención Presencial?

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the psychoeducational work was forced to carry out virtual interventions. In this work, progress in reading skills was compared in face-to-face vs. virtual intervention in patients with dyslexia. The evolution of 26 patients from 1st to 3rd grade exposed in both formats to the same reading intervention with a cognitive program, was analyzed. The results showed that both in the virtual and face-to-face modalities, an improvement was achieved in phonological skills, reading fluency and decoding, with no significant difference across modalities. In conclusion, virtual interventions can be effective if an explicit and systematic treatment is carried out, with an evidencebased program and based on an initial faceto-face bond.En base a la situación de pandemia por COVID-19, la clínica se vio forzada a realizar intervenciones virtuales. En este trabajo se comparó el progreso en habilidades lectoras en situación presencial vs. virtual de pacientes con dislexia. Se analizó la evolución de 26 pacientes de 1°a 3°, expuestos en ambos formatos a la misma intervención en lectura con un programa de enfoque cognitivo. Los resultados mostraron que tanto en la modalidad virtual como presencial se logró una mejora en las habilidades fonológicas, fluidez lectora y decodificación, siendo ambas modalidades eficaces para el trabajo en habilidades lectoras. Como conclusión, la intervención tanto presencial como virtual, puede ser efectiva si se realiza un tratamiento explícito y sistemático, con un programa basado en evidencia y en base a un vínculo presencial inicial

Impact of a virtual reading intervention in children with dislexia : is efficacy different compared to face-to-face interventions?

Resumen: En base a la situación de pandemia por COVID-19, la clínica se vio forzada a realizar intervenciones virtuales. En este trabajo se comparó el progreso en habilidades lectoras en situación presencial vs. virtual de pacientes con dislexia. Se analizó la evolución de 26 pacientes de 1°a 3°, expuestos en ambos formatos a la misma intervención en lectura con un programa de enfoque cognitivo. Los resultados mostraron que tanto en la modalidad virtual como presencial se logró una mejora en las habilidades fonológicas, fluidez lectora y decodificación, siendo ambas modalidades eficaces para el trabajo en habilidades lectoras. Como conclusión, la intervención tanto presencial como virtual, puede ser efectiva si se realiza un tratamiento explícito y sistemático, con un programa basado en evidencia y en base a un vínculo presencial inicial.Abstract: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the psychoeducational work was forced to carry out virtual interventions. In this work, progress in reading skills was compared in face-to-face vs. virtual intervention in patients with dyslexia. The evolution of 26 patients from 1st to 3rd grade exposed in both formats to the same reading intervention with a cognitive program, was analyzed. The results showed that both in the virtual and face-to-face modalities, an improvement was achieved in phonological skills, reading fluency and decoding, with no significant difference across modalities. In conclusion, virtual interventions can be effective if an explicit and systematic treatment is carried out, with an evidencebased program and based on an initial faceto- face bond

The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

International audienceSignificance There is growing evidence that preexisting autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) are strong determinants of life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia. It is important to estimate their quantitative impact on COVID-19 mortality upon SARS-CoV-2 infection, by age and sex, as both the prevalence of these autoantibodies and the risk of COVID-19 death increase with age and are higher in men. Using an unvaccinated sample of 1,261 deceased patients and 34,159 individuals from the general population, we found that autoantibodies against type I IFNs strongly increased the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate at all ages, in both men and women. Autoantibodies against type I IFNs are strong and common predictors of life-threatening COVID-19. Testing for these autoantibodies should be considered in the general population

The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

International audienceSignificance There is growing evidence that preexisting autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) are strong determinants of life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia. It is important to estimate their quantitative impact on COVID-19 mortality upon SARS-CoV-2 infection, by age and sex, as both the prevalence of these autoantibodies and the risk of COVID-19 death increase with age and are higher in men. Using an unvaccinated sample of 1,261 deceased patients and 34,159 individuals from the general population, we found that autoantibodies against type I IFNs strongly increased the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate at all ages, in both men and women. Autoantibodies against type I IFNs are strong and common predictors of life-threatening COVID-19. Testing for these autoantibodies should be considered in the general population