Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø.
Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado.
Psychol Assess. 2019 Mar;31(3):292-303. doi: 10.1037/pas0000647.
Behavioral assessment using smart devices affords novel methods, notably remote self-administration by the individuals themselves. However, this new approach requires navigating complex legal and technical terrain. Given the limited empirical data that currently exists, we provide and discuss anecdotes of the methodological, technical, legal, and cultural issues associated with an implementation in both U.S. and European settings of a mobile software application for regular psychological monitoring purposes. The tasks required participants to listen, watch, speak, and touch to interact with the smart device, thus assessing cognition, motor skill, and language. Four major findings merit mention: First, moving assessment out of the hands of a trained investigator necessitates excellent usability engineering, such that the tool is easily usable by the participant and the resulting data relevant to the investigator. Second, remote assessment requires that the data are transferred safely back to the investigator, and that risk of compromising participant confidentiality is minimized. Third, frequent data collection over long periods of time is associated with a possibility that participants may choose to withdraw consent for participation thus requiring data retraction. Fourth, data collection and analysis across international borders creates new challenges and new opportunities because of important cultural and language issues that may inform the underlying behavioral constructs of interest. In conclusion, the new technological frameworks provide unprecedented opportunities for remote self-administered behavioral assessments but will be most productive in multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest level of user satisfaction and data quality, and to guarantee the highest level of data protection. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
使用智能设备进行行为评估提供了新颖的方法，特别是允许个体进行远程自我管理。然而，这种新方法需要在法律和技术方面进行复杂的探索。鉴于目前有限的经验数据，我们提供并讨论了在美国和欧洲环境中实施用于定期心理监测的移动软件应用程序时所涉及的方法学、技术、法律和文化问题的轶事。这些任务要求参与者通过听、看、说和触摸与智能设备进行交互，从而评估认知、运动技能和语言。有四个主要发现值得一提：第一，将评估工作从训练有素的调查员手中转移出来，需要进行出色的可用性工程，使参与者能够轻松使用该工具，并且产生的数据对调查员具有相关性。第二，远程评估要求数据安全地传输回调查员，并且最大限度地降低了参与者机密性受到损害的风险。第三，长时间频繁地收集数据可能会导致参与者选择撤回参与同意，因此需要进行数据撤回。第四，跨越国界进行数据收集和分析带来了新的挑战和机遇，因为重要的文化和语言问题可能会影响到感兴趣的潜在行为结构。总之，新的技术框架为远程自我管理的行为评估提供了前所未有的机会，但在多学科团队中最为有效，以确保用户满意度和数据质量达到最高水平，并保证数据保护达到最高水平。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
