Keywords
Cognition -- Testing, Neuropsychological tests, Neuropsychology, Telecommunication in medicine, Videoconferencing
Abstract
Regardless of the reason, many patients/clients do not have access to face-to-face medical, neuropsychological, or mental health consultation, assessment, or treatment (Cowain, 2001). The term Remote Neuropsychological Assessment (RNA) has been proposed by Browndyke to denote the general use of telecommunication and Internet-based technologies in neuropsychological assessment and practice (as cited in Schatz & Browndyke, 2002). RNA (Telemedicine) offers a plausible, potentially cost-effective solution to individuals in need of medical, neuropsychological, or mental health consultation, assessment, or treatment that are located in geographical areas away from the specialist (Armstrong, 2006; Berman, 2005; Cowain, 2001; Jacobsen, Sprenger, Andersson, & Krogstad, 2003). The purpose of this study was to examine if test performance for RNA administration of the Cognistat is comparable to test performance for the pencil-paper administration. A one-way repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to analyze the data. The main effect for administration modality was not significant, F(9, 126) = .375, p = .945. The present study demonstrated the utility of a widely used neurobehavioral screening test that provides a differentiated profile of cognitive status can now reliably be used through a video-conferencing administration. The importance of this finding is that a more comprehensive detection of deficits in multiple domains of cognitive functioning for screening purposes is now possible remotely.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2011
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Fouty, H. Edward
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Psychology
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0003943
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003943
Language
English
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Sciences, Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Duffield, Tyler Cole, "A Comparison Of Paper-pencil Versus Video-conferencing Administration Of A Neurobehavioral Screening Test" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1919.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1919