Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
J Med Internet Res. 2021 May 6;23(5):e25082. doi: 10.2196/25082.
In recent years, there has been increased interest in the development of remote psychological assessments. These platforms increase accessibility and allow clinicians to monitor important health metrics, thereby informing patient-centered treatment.
In this study, we report the properties and usability of a new web-based neurocognitive assessment battery and present a normative data set for future use.
A total of 781 participants completed a portion of 8 tasks that captured performance in auditory processing, visual-spatial working memory, visual-spatial learning, cognitive flexibility, and emotional processing. A subset of individuals (n=195) completed a 5-question survey measuring the acceptability of the tasks.
Between 252 and 426 participants completed each task. Younger individuals outperformed their older counterparts in 6 of the 8 tasks. Therefore, central tendency data metrics were presented using 7 different age bins. The broad majority of participants found the tasks interesting and enjoyable and endorsed some interest in playing them at home. Only 1 of 195 individuals endorsed not at all for the statement, "I understood the instructions." Older individuals were less likely to understand the instructions; however, 72% (49/68) of individuals over the age of 60 years still felt that they mostly or very much understood the instructions.
Overall, the tasks were found to be widely acceptable to the participants. The use of web-based neurocognitive tasks such as these may increase the ability to deploy precise data-informed interventions to a wider population.
近年来，人们对远程心理评估的发展越来越感兴趣。这些平台提高了可及性，使临床医生能够监测重要的健康指标，从而为以患者为中心的治疗提供信息。
本研究报告了一种新的基于网络的神经认知评估工具包的特性和可用性，并提供了未来使用的规范数据集。
共有 781 名参与者完成了 8 项任务中的一部分，这些任务涵盖了听觉处理、视觉空间工作记忆、视觉空间学习、认知灵活性和情绪处理等方面的表现。其中一部分参与者（n=195）完成了一项包含 5 个问题的调查，以衡量任务的可接受性。
有 252 至 426 名参与者完成了每项任务。在 8 项任务中的 6 项中，年轻参与者的表现优于年长参与者。因此，使用 7 个不同的年龄组展示了集中趋势数据指标。绝大多数参与者认为任务有趣且愉快，并表示有兴趣在家中玩这些任务。在 195 名参与者中，只有 1 名表示“我理解了指令”完全不感兴趣。年长参与者不太理解指令；然而，60 岁以上的参与者中有 72%（49/68）仍然表示他们大多或非常理解指令。
总体而言，参与者普遍认为这些任务是可以接受的。使用基于网络的神经认知任务，例如这些任务，可以提高向更广泛的人群部署精确数据驱动干预的能力。
