A comparison of intellectual assessments over video conferencing and in-person for individuals with ID: preliminary data.
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.
Temple
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Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. valerie.temple@surreyplace.on.ca
Drummond
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Valiquette
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Jozsvai
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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