Table 1.
Cognitive tests included in the NINDS-CSN protocols for vascular cognitive impairment and suitability for videoconference administration.
| NINDS-CSN VCI protocols |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive domain | Test | 60-min. | 30-min. | 5-min. | Suitability for videoconference administration |
| Global cognitive efficiency | MMSE | √ | √ | *** | |
| MoCA | √ | *** | |||
| Memory | Revised Hopkins Verbal Learning Test | √ | √ | *** | |
| California Verbal Learning Test (2nd ed) | √ | √ | * | ||
|
Attention and executive functions |
Digit Symbol-Coding (WAIS) | √ | √ | ** | |
| Trail making Test | √ | * | |||
| Language | Semantic fluency (animal naming) | √ | √ | ** | |
| Phonemic fluency (COWAT) | √ | √ | *** | ||
| Boston Naming Test (15 item) | √ | ** | |||
| Visuospatial functions | Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure copy | √ | * | ||
NINDS-CSN: Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Canadian Stroke Network; COWAT: Controlled Oral Word Association Test, WAIS: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
Level of evidence for suitability in videoconference administration: * Little evidence; ** Moderate evidence; *** Good evidence.