Introducing the Tele-OCS: Preliminary evidence of validity for a remotely administered version of The Oxford Cognitive Screen.
Webb SS., Carrick C., Kusec A., Demeyere N.
BACKGROUND: Remote cognitive assessments are increasingly used with the rising popularity of teleneuropsychology. Here, we evaluated the performance of the remotely administered Oxford Cognitive Screen (Tele-OCS) compared to in-person administration in adult stroke survivors. METHODS: 40 stroke survivors ( M age = 69.30, SD = 10.44; sex = 30% female) completed in-person and remote versions of the OCS on average 30 days apart, with different trained examiners. The order of administration was counterbalanced. Cohen's d estimates were used to compare performance between modalities. RESULTS: We found that the proportion of OCS subtasks impaired did not differ across modalities ( d