Comparing in-home telehealth and in-person administration of neuropsychological measures in an outpatient pediatric sample during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research establishing the validity of neuropsychological assessment using telehealth (teleNP) is much needed in pediatric populations. Current analyses compared performances on twelve common neuropsychological measures completed at home teleNP or in-person during the COVID-19 pandemic in 476 youth (ages 6 to 17, M 11.4 ± 3.0). No differences were found on nine measures. In-person performances on three verbal tests were ∼1 scaled score point lower (all p <.05). Post-hoc analyses showed that the in-person pandemic performances were comparable to an in-person pre-pandemic cohort (unmasked). Overall, teleNP was comparable to in-person assessment. Results indicate that teleNP administration does not result in substantially different performance in pediatric patients undergoing clinical evaluations.