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. 2023 Jul;27(9):1040-1050.
doi: 10.1177/10870547231172763. Epub 2023 Jun 2.

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

Shaoxiong Sun  1 , Hayley Denyer  1 , Heet Sankesara  1 , Qigang Deng  1 , Yatharth Ranjan  1 , Pauline Conde  1 , Zulqarnain Rashid  1 , Rebecca Bendayan  1 , Philip Asherson  1 , Andrea Bilbow  2 , Madeleine Groom  3 , Chris Hollis  3 , Amos A Folarin  1   4   5 , Richard J B Dobson  1   4   5 , Jonna Kuntsi  1
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Remote Administration of ADHD-Sensitive Cognitive Tasks: A Pilot Study

Shaoxiong Sun et al. J Atten Disord. 2023 Jul.

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.

Keywords: ADHD; RADAR-base; attention regulation; remote monitoring; response inhibition.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Prof. Jonna Kuntsi has given talks at educational events sponsored by Medice; all funds are received by King’s College London and used for studies of ADHD. Prof. Philip Asherson has received funding for research by Vifor Pharma and has given sponsored talks and been an advisor for Shire, Janssen-Cilag, Eli-Lilly, Flynn Pharma, and Pfizer, regarding the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD; all funds are received by King’s College London and used for studies of ADHD. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Comparisons between participants with ADHD and controls in the Fast task. The markers o and oo represent p < .05 and p < .01, respectively. Solid line: median; shade: 25th percentile to 75th percentile.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Comparisons between participants with ADHD and controls in the CPT/GNG task. The markers o and oo represent p < .05 and p < .01, respectively. Solid line: median; shade: 25th percentile to 75th.
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