Remote administration of ADHD-sensitive cognitive tasks: a pilot study

Sun, Shaoxiong; Denyer, Hayley; Sankesara, Heet; Deng, Qigang; Ranjan, Yatharth; Conde, Pauline; Rashid, Zulqarnain; Bendayan, Rebecca; Asherson, Philip; Bilbow, Andrea; Groom, Madeleine; Hollis, Chris; Folarin, Amos A; Dobson, Richard J B; Kuntsi, Jonna

Abstract

Objective:
We assessed the feasibility and validity of remote researcher-led administration and self-administration of modified versions of two cognitive tasks sensitive to ADHD, a four-choice reaction time task (Fast task) and a combined Continuous Performance Test/Go No-Go task (CPT/GNG), through a new remote measurement technology system.
Method:
We compared the cognitive performance measures (mean and variability of reaction times (MRT, RTV), omission errors (OE) and commission errors (CE)) at a remote baseline researcher-led administration and three remote self-administration sessions between participants with and without ADHD (n = 40).
Results:
The most consistent group differences were found for RTV, MRT and CE at the baseline researcher-led administration and the first self-administration, with 8 of the 10 comparisons statistically significant and all comparisons indicating medium to large effect sizes.
Conclusion:
Remote administration of cognitive tasks successfully captured the difficulties with response inhibition and regulation of attention, supporting the feasibility and validity of remote assessments.

Citation

Sun, S., Denyer, H., Sankesara, H., Deng, Q., Ranjan, Y., Conde, P., Rashid, Z., Bendayan, R., Asherson, P., Bilbow, A., Groom, M., Hollis, C., Folarin, A. A., Dobson, R. J. B., & Kuntsi, J. (2023). Remote administration of ADHD-sensitive cognitive tasks: a pilot study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 27(9), 1040-1050. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547231172

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 18, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jun 2, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-07
• Deposit Date: Jun 1, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 1, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Attention Disorders
• Print ISSN: 1087-0547
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1040-1050
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547231172
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/21371538
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10870547231172763