Web-Based Cognitive Testing in Psychiatric Research: Validation and Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive impairments are features of many psychiatric disorders and affect functioning. A barrier to cognitive research on psychiatric disorders is the lack of large cross-disorder data sets. However, the collection of cognitive data can be logistically challenging and expensive. Web-based collection may be an alternative; however, little is known about who does and does not complete web-based cognitive assessments for psychiatric research.

Objective

The aims of this study are to develop a web-based cognitive battery for use in psychiatric research, validate the battery against the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Consensus Cognitive Battery, and compare the characteristics of the participants who chose to take pa

SUBMITTER: Lynham AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8874806 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature