학술논문
Feasibility and acceptability of remote smartphone cognitive testing in frontotemporal dementia research
Document Type
article
Author
Jack Carson Taylor; Hilary W. Heuer; Annie L. Clark; Amy B. Wise; Masood Manoochehri; Leah Forsberg; Carly Mester; Meghana Rao; Daniell Brushaber; Joel Kramer; Ariane E. Welch; John Kornak; Walter Kremers; Brian Appleby; Bradford C. Dickerson; Kimiko Domoto‐Reilly; Julie A. Fields; Nupur Ghoshal; Neill Graff‐Radford; Murray Grossman; Matthew GH Hall; Edward D. Huey; David Irwin; Maria I. Lapid; Irene Litvan; Ian R. Mackenzie; Joseph C. Masdeu; Mario F. Mendez; Naomi Nevler; Chiadi U. Onyike; Belen Pascual; Peter Pressman; Katherine P. Rankin; Buddhika Ratnasiri; Julio C. Rojas; Maria Carmela Tartaglia; Bonnie Wong; Maria Luisa Gorno‐Tempini; Bradley F. Boeve; Howard J. Rosen; Adam L. Boxer; Adam M. Staffaroni
Source
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2352-8729
Abstract
Abstract Introduction Remote smartphone assessments of cognition, speech/language, and motor functioning in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) could enable decentralized clinical trials and improve access to research. We studied the feasibility and acceptability of remote smartphone data collection in FTD research using the ALLFTD Mobile App (ALLFTD‐mApp). Methods A diagnostically mixed sample of 214 participants with FTD or from familial FTD kindreds (asymptomatic: CDR®+NACC‐FTLD = 0 [N = 101]; prodromal: 0.5 [N = 49]; symptomatic ≥1 [N = 51]; not measured [N = 13]) were asked to complete ALLFTD‐mApp tests on their smartphone three times within 12 days. They completed smartphone familiarity and participation experience surveys. Results It was feasible for participants to complete the ALLFTD‐mApp on their own smartphones. Participants reported high smartphone familiarity, completed ∼ 70% of tasks, and considered the time commitment acceptable (98% of respondents). Greater disease severity was associated with poorer performance across several tests. Discussion These findings suggest that the ALLFTD‐mApp study protocol is feasible and acceptable for remote FTD research. HIGHLIGHTS The ALLFTD Mobile App is a smartphone‐based platform for remote, self‐administered data collection. The ALLFTD Mobile App consists of a comprehensive battery of surveys and tests of executive functioning, memory, speech and language, and motor abilities. Remote digital data collection using the ALLFTD Mobile App was feasible in a multicenter research consortium that studies FTD. Data was collected in healthy controls and participants with a range of diagnoses, particularly FTD spectrum disorders. Remote digital data collection was well accepted by participants with a variety of diagnoses.