1. Telepsychiatry for Neurocognitive Testing in Older Rural Latino Adults
- Author
-
Vahia, IV, Ng, B, Camacho, A, Cardenas, V, Cherner, M, Depp, CA, Palmer, BW, Jeste, DV, and Agha, Z
- Subjects
Rural Population ,Male ,Latino ,cognition ,Aging ,Geriatric Psychiatry ,Clinical Sciences ,telepsychiatry ,and over ,Rural Health ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,80 and over ,Humans ,neurocognitive testing ,Language ,Aged ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Neurosciences ,Hispanic or Latino ,Telemedicine ,United States ,Mental Health ,Geriatrics ,Public Health and Health Services ,Female ,Cognitive Sciences ,rural ,Hispanic Americans - Abstract
© 2015 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. As the population of older Latinos in the U.S. increases, availability of culturally adapted geriatric psychiatry services is becoming a growing concern. This issue is exacerbated for rural Latino populations. In this study, we assessed whether neuro-cognitive assessment via telepsychiatry (TP) using a Spanish-language battery would be comparable to in-person (IP) testing using the same battery in a sample of Spanish-speaking older adults in a rural setting. Patients (N = 22) received IP and TP testing 2 weeks apart. The order of IP and TP test administrations in individual subjects was determined randomly. Comparison of scores indicated that there were no significant differences between IP and TP test performance though both groups scored non-significantly higher at the second visit. This study demonstrates feasibility and utility of neurocognitive testing in Spanish using TP among older rural Latinos.
- Published
- 2015