Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report

BACKGROUND: The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) is the gold standard for cognitive screening in multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE: Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the increased need for virtual clinical visits, we examined the reliability of remote administration of the SDMT vs. standar...

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Autores principales: Eilam-Stock, Tehila, Shaw, Michael T, Sherman, Kathleen, Krupp, Lauren B, Charvet, Leigh E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7890734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33643663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055217321994853
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Shaw, Michael T
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Charvet, Leigh E
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description BACKGROUND: The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) is the gold standard for cognitive screening in multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE: Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the increased need for virtual clinical visits, we examined the reliability of remote administration of the SDMT vs. standard in-person administration to individuals with MS. METHODS: Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed between SDMT scores on the in-person and remote administrations. RESULTS: For n = 132 participants, remote and in-person SDMT scores were strongly correlated (r = .80, p = .000). CONCLUSION: Remote administration of the SDMT is a reliable cognitive screening approach in MS.
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spelling pubmed-78907342021-02-26 Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report Eilam-Stock, Tehila Shaw, Michael T Sherman, Kathleen Krupp, Lauren B Charvet, Leigh E Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin Brief Report BACKGROUND: The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) is the gold standard for cognitive screening in multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE: Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the increased need for virtual clinical visits, we examined the reliability of remote administration of the SDMT vs. standard in-person administration to individuals with MS. METHODS: Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed between SDMT scores on the in-person and remote administrations. RESULTS: For n = 132 participants, remote and in-person SDMT scores were strongly correlated (r = .80, p = .000). CONCLUSION: Remote administration of the SDMT is a reliable cognitive screening approach in MS. SAGE Publications 2021-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7890734/ /pubmed/33643663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055217321994853 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report
title_full Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report
title_fullStr Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report
title_full_unstemmed Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report
title_short Remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: A short report
title_sort remote administration of the symbol digit modalities test to individuals with multiple sclerosis is reliable: a short report
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7890734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33643663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055217321994853
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