Remote Administration of ADHD-Sensitive Cognitive Tasks: A Pilot Study

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

doi:10.1177/1087054723117276

Remote Administration of ADHD-Sensitive Cognitive Tasks: A Pilot Study

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1040-1050
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Attention Disorders
Volume	27
Issue number	9
Early online date	2 Jun 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054723117276 https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547231172763
Publication status	Published - Jul 2023

Keywords

ADHD
attention regulation
RADAR-base
remote monitoring
response inhibition

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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., Dobson, R., & Kuntsi, J. (2023). Remote Administration of ADHD-Sensitive Cognitive Tasks: A Pilot Study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 27(9), 1040-1050. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054723117276, https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547231172763

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