Longitudinal Comparison of in Clinic and at Home Administration of the Cogstate Brief Battery and Demonstrated Practice Effects in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging

Longitudinal Comparison of in Clinic and at Home Administration of the Cogstate Brief Battery and Demonstrated Practice Effects in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging

Background The Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) is a computerized cognitive assessment that can be completed in clinic or at home. Design/Objective This retrospective study investigated whether practice effects / performance trajectories of the CBB differ by location of administration. Participants/Sett...

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Published in:The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 21 - 28
Main Authors: Stricker, Nikki H., Lundt, E. S., Alden, E. C., Albertson, S. M., Machulda, M. M., Kremers, W. K., Knopman, D. S., Petersen, R. C., Mielke, M. M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-01-2020
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Cognitive Dysfunction - diagnosis
Female
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Humans
Internet
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Status and Dementia Tests
Middle Aged
Neurology
Original Research
Retrospective Studies
reaction time
memory
Neuropsychology
computerized testing
cognitively unimpaired
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Summary:Background The Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) is a computerized cognitive assessment that can be completed in clinic or at home. Design/Objective This retrospective study investigated whether practice effects / performance trajectories of the CBB differ by location of administration. Participants/Setting Participants included 1439 cognitively unimpaired individuals age 50–75 at baseline participating in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging (MCSA), a population-based study of cognitive aging. Sixty three percent of participants completed the CBB in clinic only and 37% completed CBB both in clinic and at home. Measurements The CBB consists of four subtests: Detection, Identification, One Card Learning, and One Back. Linear mixed effects models were used to evaluate performance trajectories in clinic and at home. Results Results demonstrated significant practice effects between sessions 1 to 2 for most CBB measures. Practice effects continued over subsequent testing sessions, to a lesser degree. Average practice effects/trajectories were similar for each location (home vs. clinic). One Card Learning and One Back accuracy performances were lower at home than in clinic, and this difference was large in magnitude for One Card Learning accuracy. Participants performed faster at home on Detection reaction time, although this difference was small in magnitude. Conclusions Results suggest the location where the CBB is completed has an important impact on performance, particularly for One Card Learning accuracy, and there are practice effects across repeated sessions that are similar regardless of where testing is completed.
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ISSN:2426-0266
2274-5807
2426-0266
DOI:10.14283/jpad.2019.35