TY - JOUR
T1 - Latent structure of a brief clinical battery of Neuropsychological tests administered in-home via telephone
AU - Matchanova, Anastasia
AU - Babicz, Michelle A.
AU - Medina, Luis D.
AU - Rahman, Samina
AU - Johnson, Briana
AU - Thompson, Jennifer L.
AU - Beltran-Najera, Ilex
AU - Brooks, Jasmin
AU - Sullivan, Kelli L.
AU - Walker, Rheeda L.
AU - Podell, Kenneth
AU - Woods, Steven Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
Participant payments and research testing materials were provided by a start-up funds provided by the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Objective: To examine the factor structure and sociodemographic correlates of a battery of clinical neuropsychological tests administered in-home and via telephone. Method: Participants included 280 healthy adults who completed a 35-40 min battery consisting of seven auditory-verbal neuropsychological tests (i.e., 10 variables) that included digit span, list learning and memory, prospective memory, verbal fluency, and oral trail making. Results: After removing oral trail making part A, a three-factor model comprised of executive functions, memory and attention demonstrated the best fit to the data. Nevertheless, the shared variance between the nine remaining neuropsychological variables was also adequately explained by a single-factor model and a two-factor model comprised of executive functions and memory. Factor scores were variably associated with education, race/ethnicity, and IQ, but not with sex or age. Conclusions: Findings provide preliminary support for the feasibility and factor structure and sociodemographic correlates of a brief telephone-based screening neuropsychological battery comprised mostly of commonly administered clinical measures. Future studies are needed to determine the test-retest reliability, sensitivity, and ecological relevance of this battery, as well as equivalency to in-person assessment.
AB - Objective: To examine the factor structure and sociodemographic correlates of a battery of clinical neuropsychological tests administered in-home and via telephone. Method: Participants included 280 healthy adults who completed a 35-40 min battery consisting of seven auditory-verbal neuropsychological tests (i.e., 10 variables) that included digit span, list learning and memory, prospective memory, verbal fluency, and oral trail making. Results: After removing oral trail making part A, a three-factor model comprised of executive functions, memory and attention demonstrated the best fit to the data. Nevertheless, the shared variance between the nine remaining neuropsychological variables was also adequately explained by a single-factor model and a two-factor model comprised of executive functions and memory. Factor scores were variably associated with education, race/ethnicity, and IQ, but not with sex or age. Conclusions: Findings provide preliminary support for the feasibility and factor structure and sociodemographic correlates of a brief telephone-based screening neuropsychological battery comprised mostly of commonly administered clinical measures. Future studies are needed to determine the test-retest reliability, sensitivity, and ecological relevance of this battery, as well as equivalency to in-person assessment.
KW - Cognition
KW - Factor analysis
KW - Neuropsychological assessment
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Telehealth
KW - Teleneuropsychology
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U2 - 10.1093/arclin/acaa111
DO - 10.1093/arclin/acaa111
M3 - Article
C2 - 33236037
AN - SCOPUS:85112365729
SN - 0887-6177
VL - 36
SP - 874
EP - 886
JO - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
JF - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
IS - 6
ER -