title: Telepsychiatry for Neurocognitive Testing in Older Rural Latino Adults.
abstract: As the population of older Latinos in the U.S. increases, availability of culturally adapted geriatric psychiatry services is becoming a growing concern. This issue is exacerbated for rural Latino populations. In this study, we assessed whether neurocognitive assessment via telepsychiatry (TP) using a Spanish-language battery would be comparable to in-person (IP) testing using the same battery in a sample of Spanish-speaking older adults in a rural setting. Patients (N = 22) received IP and TP testing 2 weeks apart. The order of IP and TP test administrations in individual subjects was determined randomly. Comparison of scores indicated that there were no significant differences between IP and TP test performance though both groups scored non-significantly higher at the second visit. This study demonstrates feasibility and utility of neurocognitive testing in Spanish using TP among older rural Latinos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research in Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA. Electronic address: ivahia@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Ipsit V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Vahia
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sun Valley Behavioral & Research Center, Imperial, CA; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sun Valley Behavioral & Research Center, Imperial, CA; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research in Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardenas
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, University of California, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cherner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research in Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Depp
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research in Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Barton W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research in Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Dilip V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Jeste
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, University of California, San Diego, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Zia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Agha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012424:Rural Population; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
keywords: Latino; cognition; neurocognitive testing; rural; telemedicine; telepsychiatry