Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery
BackgroundAs evidenced by the further reduction in access to testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent, growing need for remote cognitive assessment for individuals with cognitive impairment. The Neurotrack Cognitive Battery (NCB), our response to this need, wa...
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| author | Jennifer Rae Myers Jordan M Glenn Erica N Madero John Anderson Rachel Mak-McCully Michelle Gray Joshua L Gills John E Harrison |
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BackgroundAs evidenced by the further reduction in access to testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent, growing need for remote cognitive assessment for individuals with cognitive impairment. The Neurotrack Cognitive Battery (NCB), our response to this need, was evaluated for its temporal reliability and stability as part of ongoing validation testing.
ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to assess the temporal reliability of the NCB tests (5 total) across a 1-week period and to determine the temporal stability of these measures across 3 consecutive administrations in a single day.
MethodsFor test-retest reliability, a range of 29-66 cognitively healthy participants (ages 18-68 years) completed each cognitive assessment twice, 1 week apart. In a separate study, temporal stability was assessed using data collected from 31 different cognitively healthy participants at 3 consecutive timepoints in a single day.
ResultsCorrelations for the assessments were between 0.72 and 0.83, exceeding the standard acceptable threshold of 0.70 for temporal reliability. Intraclass correlations ranged from 0.60 to 0.84, indicating moderate to good temporal stability.
ConclusionsThese results highlight the NCB as a brief, easy-to-administer, and reliable assessment for remote cognitive testing. Additional validation research is underway to determine the full magnitude of the clinical utility of the NCB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9c661fbe75344f2972fee08608cbeba2023-08-28T20:49:59ZengJMIR PublicationsJMIR Formative Research2561-326X2022-02-0162e3423710.2196/34237Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive BatteryJennifer Rae Myershttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1754-3784Jordan M Glennhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2563-4291Erica N Maderohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5112-2441John Andersonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-9378Rachel Mak-McCullyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5162-4911Michelle Grayhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5721-9087Joshua L Gillshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3321-4120John E Harrisonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0225-4923 BackgroundAs evidenced by the further reduction in access to testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent, growing need for remote cognitive assessment for individuals with cognitive impairment. The Neurotrack Cognitive Battery (NCB), our response to this need, was evaluated for its temporal reliability and stability as part of ongoing validation testing. ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to assess the temporal reliability of the NCB tests (5 total) across a 1-week period and to determine the temporal stability of these measures across 3 consecutive administrations in a single day. MethodsFor test-retest reliability, a range of 29-66 cognitively healthy participants (ages 18-68 years) completed each cognitive assessment twice, 1 week apart. In a separate study, temporal stability was assessed using data collected from 31 different cognitively healthy participants at 3 consecutive timepoints in a single day. ResultsCorrelations for the assessments were between 0.72 and 0.83, exceeding the standard acceptable threshold of 0.70 for temporal reliability. Intraclass correlations ranged from 0.60 to 0.84, indicating moderate to good temporal stability. ConclusionsThese results highlight the NCB as a brief, easy-to-administer, and reliable assessment for remote cognitive testing. Additional validation research is underway to determine the full magnitude of the clinical utility of the NCB.https://formative.jmir.org/2022/2/e34237 |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Rae Myers Jordan M Glenn Erica N Madero John Anderson Rachel Mak-McCully Michelle Gray Joshua L Gills John E Harrison Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery JMIR Formative Research |
| title | Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery |
| title_full | Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery |
| title_fullStr | Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery |
| title_short | Asynchronous Remote Assessment for Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Verification of the Neurotrack Cognitive Battery |
| title_sort | asynchronous remote assessment for cognitive impairment reliability verification of the neurotrack cognitive battery |
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