Validity and reliability of the Mobile Toolbox Faces and Names memory test

Dorene M Rentz; Jerry Slotkin; Aaron J Kaat; Stephanie Ruth Young; Elizabeth M Dworak; Yusuke Shono; Hubert Adam; Cindy J Nowinski; Sarah Pila; Miriam A Novack; Zahra Hosseinian; Saki Amagai; Maria Varela Diaz; Anyelo Almonte-Correa; Keith Alperin; Monica R Camacho; Bernard Landavazo; Rachel L Nosheny; Michael W Weiner; Richard C Gershon

doi:10.1111/jnp.12394

Validity and reliability of the Mobile Toolbox Faces and Names memory test

J Neuropsychol. 2024 Sep 17. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12394. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Dorene M Rentz¹, Jerry Slotkin², Aaron J Kaat³, Stephanie Ruth Young³, Elizabeth M Dworak³, Yusuke Shono⁴, Hubert Adam³, Cindy J Nowinski³, Sarah Pila³, Miriam A Novack³, Zahra Hosseinian³, Saki Amagai⁵, Maria Varela Diaz³, Anyelo Almonte-Correa³, Keith Alperin⁶, Monica R Camacho^{7

8}, Bernard Landavazo^{7

8}, Rachel L Nosheny^{7

8}, Michael W Weiner^{7

8}, Richard C Gershon³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Center for Health Assessment Research and Translation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
³ Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Helium Foot Software, Inc, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁷ University of California san Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁸ San Francisco Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 39289902
DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12394

Abstract

Validation of the Mobile Toolbox Faces and Names associative memory test is presented. Ninety-two participants self-administered Faces and Names in-person; 956 self-administered Faces and Names remotely but took convergent measures in person; and 123 self-administered Faces and Names remotely twice, 14 days apart. Internal consistency (.76-.79) and test-retest reliability (ICC = .73) were acceptable. Convergent validity with WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates was satisfactory (immediate .54; delayed .58). The findings suggest the remotely administered Faces and Names is a reliable instrument.

Keywords: NIH Toolbox; cognition; dementia; neuropsychology.

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