"Guttmann Cognitest" ®, preliminary validation of a digital solution to test cognitive performance
Cattaneo, Gabriele (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)
Pachón-García, Catherine (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)
Roca, Alba (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Alviarez-Schulze, Vanessa (Universidad Metropolitana (Veneçuela))
Opisso, Eloy (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)
García-Molina, Alberto (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)
Bartrés-Faz, David (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Pascual Leone, Álvaro (Harvard Medical School)
Tormos, Jose M (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)
Solana-Sánchez, Javier (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	Thanks to technological advances, the administration of cognitive assessments via digital solutions continues to increase, both in research and clinical practice. "Guttmann Cognitest" °ledR is a digital solution for cognitive assessment which includes seven computerized tasks designed to assess main cognitive functions requiring approximately 20 min to be completed. The purpose of the present study was to validate it against standard and more extensive in-person neuropsychological assessments in the context of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (BBHI) cohort study. We studied 274 participants of the BBHI (126 women, mean age = 56. 14, age range 44-69), who underwent an extensive in-person assessment, including a classical paper-and-pencil neuropsychological assessment and a cognitive assessment via the "Guttmann Cognitest" °ledR. Principal component analysis indicated that "Guttmann Cognitest" °ledR measures four main cognitive domains and convergent validity analysis demonstrated that cognitive performance was associated with gold standard paper and pencil tests. Results also showed an expected negative correlation with age, a relation with educational level as well as a gender effect. Regression-based norming equations for the sample tested are also reported. Performing a cognitive assessment with this digital solution is feasible and potentially useful to gather information about cognitive functioning in large samples and experimental settings.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Aging ; Cognitive decline ; Cognitive functioning ; Computerized cognitive assessment ; Memory
Published in:	Frontiers in aging neuroscience, Vol. 14 (november 2022) , ISSN 1663-4365

DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.987891
PMID: 36408102

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