TY - JOUR
T1 - Remote administration of BICAMS measures and the Trail-Making Test to assess cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis
AU - Rogers, Fionnuala
AU - Bane, Eimear
AU - Dwyer, Christopher P.
AU - Alvarez-Iglesias, Alberto
AU - Joyce, Robert A.
AU - Hynes, Sinéad M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Reliable remote cognitive testing could provide a safer assessment of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) during the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter. Here we aimed to investigate the reliability and feasibility of administering Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) and the Trail-Making Test (TMT) to people with MS online. Between-group differences on BICAMS and the TMT were examined in a sample of 68 participants. Group 1 (N = 34) was tested in-person pre-pandemic. Group 2 was tested remotely. Within-group differences for in-person and virtual administrations were examined for Group 1. No significant differences between virtual and in-person administrations of the CVLT-II and SDMT were detected. BVMT-R scores were significantly higher for virtual administrations (M = 20.59, SD= 6.65) compared to in-person administrations (M = 16.35, SD= 6.05), possibly indicating inter-rater differences. Strong positive correlations were found for in-person and virtual scores within Group 1 on the CVLT-II (r =.84), SDMT (r =.85), TMT-A (r =.88), TMT-B (r =.76) and BVMT-R (r =.72). No significant differences between in-person and remote administrations of CVLT-II and SDMT in people living with MS were detected. Recommendations for future studies employing the TMT and BVMT-R online are provided.
AB - Reliable remote cognitive testing could provide a safer assessment of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) during the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter. Here we aimed to investigate the reliability and feasibility of administering Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) and the Trail-Making Test (TMT) to people with MS online. Between-group differences on BICAMS and the TMT were examined in a sample of 68 participants. Group 1 (N = 34) was tested in-person pre-pandemic. Group 2 was tested remotely. Within-group differences for in-person and virtual administrations were examined for Group 1. No significant differences between virtual and in-person administrations of the CVLT-II and SDMT were detected. BVMT-R scores were significantly higher for virtual administrations (M = 20.59, SD= 6.65) compared to in-person administrations (M = 16.35, SD= 6.05), possibly indicating inter-rater differences. Strong positive correlations were found for in-person and virtual scores within Group 1 on the CVLT-II (r =.84), SDMT (r =.85), TMT-A (r =.88), TMT-B (r =.76) and BVMT-R (r =.72). No significant differences between in-person and remote administrations of CVLT-II and SDMT in people living with MS were detected. Recommendations for future studies employing the TMT and BVMT-R online are provided.
KW - Cognitive assessment
KW - Multiple sclerosis
KW - Remote testing
KW - SWAT
KW - Study-within-a-trial
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126646173&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09602011.2022.2052324
DO - 10.1080/09602011.2022.2052324
M3 - Article
C2 - 35297748
AN - SCOPUS:85126646173
SN - 0960-2011
VL - 33
SP - 903
EP - 926
JO - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
JF - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
IS - 5
ER -