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During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote assessment in neuropsychological practice (tele- tele-neuropsychology, t-NPs) has proven to be a potentially feasible form of healthcare delivery, overcoming the restrictions of a traditional in-person evaluation.
Now that the social distance has eased, there is the opportunity to optimally integrate telemedicine into the clinical practice of neuropsychology, validating ethical t-NPs practice models to reduce individual disparities. In the last few years, some reviews and meta-analyses gave some support to t-NPs diagnostics. Findings regarding validity, reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and clinical usability were reported, especially for multi-domain screening tools for cognition, mood/anxiety, and quality of life, in either adult/elderly healthy participants or neurological patients.
However, further studies exploring clinical usability of t-NPs for both diagnostic and follow-up visits and psychometric properties/feasibility of tests for the in-depth assessment of specific cognitive domains are necessary, especially using randomization methodology. A similar definition of healthcare model is equally important in the pediatric population, for which some efforts have been proposed to support a remote assessment methodology.
The goal of this Research Topic is to increase knowledge about applications of telehealth in the Field of Neuropsychological Assessment across the lifespan. Studies evaluating the reliability of tele- tele-administered neuropsychological tests compared with face-to-face versions, as well as normative data collected for tele-administered version of classical neuropsychological tools are welcome. The submission of papers covering models for virtual visit types (e.g., clinical interviews, consultations, and/or follow-up visits), patient and provider telemedicine experience/satisfaction, digital literacy in addition to social and Financial barriers are welcome too.
We are confident that bringing together papers from across the lifespan and from countries with different health systems and policies would lead to the implementation of more beneficial practice models.
We encourage researchers to submit original research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, perspectives, and commentaries on this relevant topic.
Now that the social distance has eased, there is the opportunity to optimally integrate telemedicine into the clinical practice of neuropsychology, validating ethical t-NPs practice models to reduce individual disparities. In the last few years, some reviews and meta-analyses gave some support to t-NPs diagnostics. Findings regarding validity, reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and clinical usability were reported, especially for multi-domain screening tools for cognition, mood/anxiety, and quality of life, in either adult/elderly healthy participants or neurological patients.
However, further studies exploring clinical usability of t-NPs for both diagnostic and follow-up visits and psychometric properties/feasibility of tests for the in-depth assessment of specific cognitive domains are necessary, especially using randomization methodology. A similar definition of healthcare model is equally important in the pediatric population, for which some efforts have been proposed to support a remote assessment methodology.
The goal of this Research Topic is to increase knowledge about applications of telehealth in the Field of Neuropsychological Assessment across the lifespan. Studies evaluating the reliability of tele- tele-administered neuropsychological tests compared with face-to-face versions, as well as normative data collected for tele-administered version of classical neuropsychological tools are welcome. The submission of papers covering models for virtual visit types (e.g., clinical interviews, consultations, and/or follow-up visits), patient and provider telemedicine experience/satisfaction, digital literacy in addition to social and Financial barriers are welcome too.
We are confident that bringing together papers from across the lifespan and from countries with different health systems and policies would lead to the implementation of more beneficial practice models.
We encourage researchers to submit original research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, perspectives, and commentaries on this relevant topic.
Keywords: methodological issues, technical issues, Neuropsychology: Remote cognitive
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