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A comparison of intellectual assessments over video conferencing and in‐person for individuals with ID: preliminary data
Author(s) -
Temple V.,
Drummond C.,
Valiquette S.,
Jozsvai E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01282.x
Subject(s) - wechsler adult intelligence scale , test (biology) , psychology , intellectual disability , intelligence quotient , videoconferencing , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , test score , audiology , developmental psychology , cognition , medicine , psychiatry , standardized test , multimedia , computer science , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , paleontology , mathematics education
Background Video conferencing (VC) technology has great potential to increase accessibility to healthcare services for those living in rural or underserved communities. Previous studies have had some success in validating a small number of psychological tests for VC administration; however, VC has not been investigated for use with persons with intellectual disabilities (ID). A comparison of test results for two well known and widely used assessment instruments was undertaken to establish if scores for VC administration would differ significantly from in‐person assessments. Method Nineteen individuals with ID aged 23–63 were assessed once in‐person and once over VC using the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) and the Beery‐Buktenica Test of Visual‐Motor Integration (VMI). Results Highly similar results were found for test scores. Full‐scale IQ on the WASI and standard scores for the VMI were found to be very stable across the two administration conditions, with a mean difference of less than one IQ point/standard score. Conclusion Video conferencing administration does not appear to alter test results significantly for overall score on a brief intelligence test or a test of visual‐motor integration.