Journal
DIAGNOSTICS
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12040925
Keywords
telemedicine; cognitive testing; dementia; teleneuropsychology; neuropsychology
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- European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT)Health, `DeepSPA' [19249]
- Modis Belgium, Janssen Clinical Innovation
- MEPHESTO [DRI-0120105/291]
- Interreg-Alcotra project CLIP E-SANTE/SILVER ECONOMY
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With limited access to diagnosis and care in rural isolated areas, telemedicine platforms have become increasingly important during the pandemic. This study focuses on the feasibility of remote neuropsychological assessment for older adults with cognitive complaints. The results show high agreement between remote and face-to-face assessments, although differences in test performances were observed.
Today, in rural isolated areas or so-called 'medical deserts', access to diagnosis and care is very limited. With the current pandemic crisis, now even more than ever, telemedicine platforms are gradually more employed for remote medical assessment. Only a few are tailored to comprehensive teleneuropsychological assessment of older adults. Hence, our study focuses on evaluating the feasibility of performing a remote neuropsychological assessment of older adults suffering from a cognitive complaint. 50 participants (aged 55 and older) were recruited at the local hospital of Digne-les-Bains, France. A brief neuropsychological assessment including a short clinical interview and several validated neuropsychological tests was administered in two conditions, once by Teleneuropsychology (TNP) and once by Face-to-Face (FTF) in a crossover design. Acceptability and user experience was assessed through questionnaires. Results show high agreement in most tests between the FTF and TNP conditions. The TNP was overall well accepted by the participants. However, differences in test performances were observed, which urges the need to validate TNP tests with broader samples with normative data.
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