title: Remote assessment of verbal memory in MS patients using the California Verbal Learning Test.
abstract: We used the California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edition (CVLT-II), one component of the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS), to determine feasibility of a remote assessment protocol. We compared telephone-administered CVLT-II data from MS patients to data acquired in person from an independent sample of patients and healthy controls. Mixed factor analyses of variance (ANOVAs) showed no significant differences between patient groups, but between-group effects comparing patients and healthy controls were significant. In this study, CVLT-II assessment by conventional in-person and remote telephone assessment yielded indistinguishable results. The findings indicate that telephone-administered CVLT-II is feasible. Further validation studies are underway.
authors.affiliation: Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA/Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Barcellos
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kalliope H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bellesis
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaorong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Terrence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chinn
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frndak
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente-Permanente Medical Group, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente-Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ralph Hb
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Benedict
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000073219:Memory and Learning Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D013689:Telephone; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology
keywords: CVLT-II; Multiple sclerosis; cognitive impairment