Letter to the Editor: A possible threat to data integrity for online qualitative autism research / Elizabeth PELLICANO in Autism, 28-3 (March 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 28-3 (March 2024) . - p.786-792 Titre : Letter to the Editor: A possible threat to data integrity for online qualitative autism research Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Elizabeth PELLICANO, Auteur ; Dawn ADAMS, Auteur ; Laura CRANE, Auteur ; Calliope HOLLINGUE, Auteur ; Connie ALLEN, Auteur ; Katherine ALMENDINGER, Auteur ; Monique BOTHA, Auteur ; Tori HAAR, Auteur ; Steven K. KAPP, Auteur ; Elizabeth WHEELEY, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.786-792 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : fraud  imposter  research participation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Researchers are increasingly relying on online methods for data collection, including for qualitative research involving interviews and focus groups. In this letter, we alert autism researchers to a possible threat to data integrity in such studies: "scammer" participants, who may be posing as autistic people and/or parents of autistic children in research studies, presumably for financial gain. Here, we caution qualitative autism researchers to be vigilant of potential scammer participants in their online studies and invite a broader discussion about the implications of such fraudulent acts. Lay abstract Doing research online, via Zoom, Teams, or live chat, is becoming more and more common. It can help researchers to reach more people, including from different parts of the world. It can also make the research more accessible for participants, especially those with different communication preferences. However, online research can have its downsides too. We have recently been involved in three studies in which we had in-depth discussions with autistic people and/or parents of autistic children about various topics. It turns out, though, that some of these participants were not genuine. Instead, we believe they were "scammer participants": people posing as autistic people or parents of autistic children, possibly to gain money from doing the research. This is a real problem because we need research data that we can trust. In this letter, we encourage autism researchers to be wary of scammer participants in their own research. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613231174543 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=523 [article] Letter to the Editor: A possible threat to data integrity for online qualitative autism research [texte imprimé] / Elizabeth PELLICANO, Auteur ; Dawn ADAMS, Auteur ; Laura CRANE, Auteur ; Calliope HOLLINGUE, Auteur ; Connie ALLEN, Auteur ; Katherine ALMENDINGER, Auteur ; Monique BOTHA, Auteur ; Tori HAAR, Auteur ; Steven K. KAPP, Auteur ; Elizabeth WHEELEY, Auteur . - p.786-792. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 28-3 (March 2024) . - p.786-792 Mots-clés : fraud  imposter  research participation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Researchers are increasingly relying on online methods for data collection, including for qualitative research involving interviews and focus groups. In this letter, we alert autism researchers to a possible threat to data integrity in such studies: "scammer" participants, who may be posing as autistic people and/or parents of autistic children in research studies, presumably for financial gain. Here, we caution qualitative autism researchers to be vigilant of potential scammer participants in their online studies and invite a broader discussion about the implications of such fraudulent acts. Lay abstract Doing research online, via Zoom, Teams, or live chat, is becoming more and more common. It can help researchers to reach more people, including from different parts of the world. It can also make the research more accessible for participants, especially those with different communication preferences. However, online research can have its downsides too. We have recently been involved in three studies in which we had in-depth discussions with autistic people and/or parents of autistic children about various topics. It turns out, though, that some of these participants were not genuine. Instead, we believe they were "scammer participants": people posing as autistic people or parents of autistic children, possibly to gain money from doing the research. This is a real problem because we need research data that we can trust. In this letter, we encourage autism researchers to be wary of scammer participants in their own research. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613231174543 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=523

Maternal immune response and air pollution exposure during pregnancy: insights from the Early Markers for Autism (EMA) study / Heather E. VOLK in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 12 (2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 12 (2020) Titre : Maternal immune response and air pollution exposure during pregnancy: insights from the Early Markers for Autism (EMA) study Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Heather E. VOLK, Auteur ; Bo PARK, Auteur ; Calliope HOLLINGUE, Auteur ; Karen L. JONES, Auteur ; Paul ASHWOOD, Auteur ; Gayle C. WINDHAM, Auteur ; Fred LURMAN, Auteur ; Stacey E. ALEXEEFF, Auteur ; Martin KHARRAZI, Auteur ; Michelle PEARL, Auteur ; Judy VAN DE WATER, Auteur ; Lisa A. CROEN, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Air Pollution/adverse effects  Autistic Disorder  Biomarkers  Case-Control Studies  Child  Female  Humans  Immunity  Male  Pregnancy/immunology  Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects  United States  Air pollution  Autism spectrum disorder  Immune response  Intellectual disability  Prenatal exposure  declare. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Perinatal exposure to air pollution and immune system dysregulation are two factors consistently associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, little is known about how air pollution may influence maternal immune function during pregnancy. OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationship between mid-gestational circulating levels of maternal cytokines/chemokines and previous month air pollution exposure across neurodevelopmental groups, and to assess whether cytokines/chemokines mediate the relationship between air pollution exposures and risk of ASD and/or intellectual disability (ID) in the Early Markers for Autism (EMA) study. METHODS: EMA is a population-based, nested case-control study which linked archived maternal serum samples collected during weeks 15-19 of gestation for routine prenatal screening, birth records, and Department of Developmental Services (DDS) records. Children receiving DDS services for ASD without intellectual disability (ASD without ID; n = 199), ASD with ID (ASD with ID; n = 180), ID without ASD (ID; n = 164), and children from the general population (GP; n = 414) with no DDS services were included in this analysis. Serum samples were quantified for 22 cytokines/chemokines using Luminex multiplex analysis technology. Air pollution exposure for the month prior to maternal serum collection was assigned based on the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System data using the maternal residential address reported during the prenatal screening visit. RESULTS: Previous month air pollution exposure and mid-gestational maternal cytokine and chemokine levels were significantly correlated, though weak in magnitude (ranging from - 0.16 to 0.13). Ten pairs of mid-pregnancy immune markers and previous month air pollutants were significantly associated within one of the child neurodevelopmental groups, adjusted for covariates (p < 0.001). Mid-pregnancy air pollution was not associated with any neurodevelopmental outcome. IL-6 remained associated with ASD with ID even after adjusting for air pollution exposure. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that maternal immune activation is associated with risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. Furthermore, that prenatal air pollution exposure is associated with small, but perhaps biologically relevant, effects on maternal immune system function during pregnancy. Additional studies are needed to better evaluate how prenatal exposure to air pollution affects the trajectory of maternal immune activation during pregnancy, if windows of heightened susceptibility can be identified, and how these factors influence neurodevelopment of the offspring. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09343-0 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=573 [article] Maternal immune response and air pollution exposure during pregnancy: insights from the Early Markers for Autism (EMA) study [texte imprimé] / Heather E. VOLK, Auteur ; Bo PARK, Auteur ; Calliope HOLLINGUE, Auteur ; Karen L. JONES, Auteur ; Paul ASHWOOD, Auteur ; Gayle C. WINDHAM, Auteur ; Fred LURMAN, Auteur ; Stacey E. ALEXEEFF, Auteur ; Martin KHARRAZI, Auteur ; Michelle PEARL, Auteur ; Judy VAN DE WATER, Auteur ; Lisa A. CROEN, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 12 (2020) Mots-clés : Air Pollution/adverse effects  Autistic Disorder  Biomarkers  Case-Control Studies  Child  Female  Humans  Immunity  Male  Pregnancy/immunology  Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects  United States  Air pollution  Autism spectrum disorder  Immune response  Intellectual disability  Prenatal exposure  declare. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Perinatal exposure to air pollution and immune system dysregulation are two factors consistently associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, little is known about how air pollution may influence maternal immune function during pregnancy. OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationship between mid-gestational circulating levels of maternal cytokines/chemokines and previous month air pollution exposure across neurodevelopmental groups, and to assess whether cytokines/chemokines mediate the relationship between air pollution exposures and risk of ASD and/or intellectual disability (ID) in the Early Markers for Autism (EMA) study. METHODS: EMA is a population-based, nested case-control study which linked archived maternal serum samples collected during weeks 15-19 of gestation for routine prenatal screening, birth records, and Department of Developmental Services (DDS) records. Children receiving DDS services for ASD without intellectual disability (ASD without ID; n = 199), ASD with ID (ASD with ID; n = 180), ID without ASD (ID; n = 164), and children from the general population (GP; n = 414) with no DDS services were included in this analysis. Serum samples were quantified for 22 cytokines/chemokines using Luminex multiplex analysis technology. Air pollution exposure for the month prior to maternal serum collection was assigned based on the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System data using the maternal residential address reported during the prenatal screening visit. RESULTS: Previous month air pollution exposure and mid-gestational maternal cytokine and chemokine levels were significantly correlated, though weak in magnitude (ranging from - 0.16 to 0.13). Ten pairs of mid-pregnancy immune markers and previous month air pollutants were significantly associated within one of the child neurodevelopmental groups, adjusted for covariates (p < 0.001). Mid-pregnancy air pollution was not associated with any neurodevelopmental outcome. IL-6 remained associated with ASD with ID even after adjusting for air pollution exposure. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that maternal immune activation is associated with risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. Furthermore, that prenatal air pollution exposure is associated with small, but perhaps biologically relevant, effects on maternal immune system function during pregnancy. Additional studies are needed to better evaluate how prenatal exposure to air pollution affects the trajectory of maternal immune activation during pregnancy, if windows of heightened susceptibility can be identified, and how these factors influence neurodevelopment of the offspring. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09343-0 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=573

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