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The Indiana University Telephone-Based Assessment of Neuropsychological Status: A new method for large scale neuropsychological assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2007

FREDERICK W. UNVERZAGT ,
PATRICK O. MONAHAN ,
LYNDSI R. MOSER ,
QIANQIAN ZHAO ,
JANET S. CARPENTER ,
GEORGE W. SLEDGE  and
VICTORIA L. CHAMPION
FREDERICK W. UNVERZAGT
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
PATRICK O. MONAHAN
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
LYNDSI R. MOSER
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
QIANQIAN ZHAO
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
JANET S. CARPENTER
Affiliation:
Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana
GEORGE W. SLEDGE
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
VICTORIA L. CHAMPION
Affiliation:
Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Abstract

Sensitive measures of neuropsychological function were adapted to a telephone administration format for use in a large survey of quality of life in breast cancer survivors (BCS). Healthy controls (HC) and BCS were recruited from the community and administered the same neuropsychological test battery on two occasions separated by 1 week. Subjects were randomly assigned to conditions, stratified by diagnosis: In-person at Time-1 and In-person at Time-2 (P-P); Telephone at Time-1 and Telephone at Time-2 (T-T); T-P; and P-T. Four cognitive (Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Controlled Oral Word Association, Digit Span, Symbol Digit) and two self-report measures (Squire Memory Self-Report Scale, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale) were used. The 106 subjects were randomized (54 HC and 52 BCS). Test–retest reliabilities (intraclass correlations) did not differ significantly by condition across the cognitive or self-report measures and ranged from moderate to near perfect (r's .43–.93; p's < .05). Mean scores at Time-1, practice effects (Time-1 to Time-2), and standard errors of measurement were comparable between In-person and Telephone administration formats. Results suggest that memory, attention, information processing speed, verbal fluency, and self-report of mood and memory can be measured reliably and precisely over the telephone. (JINS, 2007, 13, 799–806.)

Keywords

Mass screeningNeuropsychological testCognitionMemoryMild cognitive ImpairmentDiagnosisDementia
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , September 2007 , pp. 799 - 806
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2007 The International Neuropsychological Society

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