title: A comparison of intellectual assessments over video conferencing and in-person for individuals with ID: preliminary data.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Video conferencing (VC) technology has great potential to increase accessibility to healthcare services for those living in rural or underserved communities. Previous studies have had some success in validating a small number of psychological tests for VC administration; however, VC has not been investigated for use with persons with intellectual disabilities (ID). A comparison of test results for two well known and widely used assessment instruments was undertaken to establish if scores for VC administration would differ significantly from in-person assessments.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen individuals with ID aged 23-63 were assessed once in-person and once over VC using the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) and the Beery-Buktenica Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Highly similar results were found for test scores. Full-scale IQ on the WASI and standard scores for the VMI were found to be very stable across the two administration conditions, with a mean difference of less than one IQ point/standard score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Video conferencing administration does not appear to alter test results significantly for overall score on a brief intelligence test or a test of visual-motor integration.
authors.affiliation: Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. valerie.temple@surreyplace.on.ca
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Temple
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valiquette
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jozsvai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D019114:Remote Consultation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D049269:Videoconferencing; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult