Thompson F

Cysique LA

Harriss LR

Taylor Sean

Savage G

Maruff P

Mcdermott R

2020-07-09

OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the acceptability and usability of the Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) in a community-based sample of Australian Indigenous people from the Torres Strait region, based on a user experience framework of human-computer interaction. METHODS: Two-hundred community participants completed the four subtests of the CBB on an iPad platform, during a free adult health check on two islands in the region, between October and December 2016. Acceptability was defined as completing the learning trial of a task and usability as continuing a task through to completion, determined by examiner acumen and internal Cogstate completion and integrity criteria. These were combined into a single dichotomous completion measure for logistic regression analyses. Performance-measured as reaction times and accuracy of responses-was analyzed using linear regression analyses. RESULTS: CBB completion ranged from 82.0% to 91.5% across the four tasks and the odds of completing decreased with age. After adjusting for age, iPad/tablet familiarity increased the odds of completion for all tasks while level of education and employment increased the odds for some tasks only. These variables accounted for 18.0%-23.8% of the variance in reaction times on speeded tasks. Age and education had the most effect, although semipartial correlations were modest. CONCLUSIONS: When administered in a health-screening context, the acceptability and usability of the CBB were greatest in young- to middle-aged participants with some education and iPad/tablet experience. Older and more vulnerable participants may have benefited from additional time and practice on the CBB prior to administration.

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Neurosciences Research Australia, Psychology Department, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Top End Health Service, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Cogstate Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.

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Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2020 Jul 9:acaa037. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acaa037.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32647858/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/8515

Acceptability and Usability of Computerized Cognitive Assessment Among Australian Indigenous Residents of the Torres Strait Islands.

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