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Remote Neuropsychological Assessment in Rural American Indians with and without Cognitive Impairment.
- Source :
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Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology . Aug2016, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p420-425. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective: To determine the feasibility and reliability of a brief battery of standard neuropsychological tests administered via video teleconference (VTC) to a sample of rural American Indians compared with traditional face-to-face administration. Methods: The sample consisted of 84 participants from the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma, including 53 females and 31 males [M age = 64.89 (SD = 9.73), M education = 12.58 (SD = 2.35)]. Of these, 29 had a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia, and 55 were cognitively normal. Tests included the MMSE, Clock Drawing, Digit Span Forward and Backward, Oral Trails, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised, Letter and Category Fluency, and a short form Boston Naming Test. Alternative forms of tests were administered in counterbalanced fashion in both face-to-face and VTC conditions. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were used to compare test scores between test conditions across the entire sample. Results: All ICCs were significant (p < .0001) and ranged from 0.65 (Clock Drawing) to 0.93 (Boston Naming Test), with a mean ICC of 0.82. Conclusion: Results add to the expanding literature supporting the feasibility and reliability of remote videoconference-based neuropsychological test administration and extend findings to American Indians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08876177
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116955238
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acw030