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Published in: Health and Technology 5/2020

18-04-2020 | Original Paper

Staying on the digitalized trail

Authors: Markus Samuel Hannukkala, Kasperi Mikkonen, Elmeri Laitinen, Timo Tuononen

Published in: Health and Technology | Issue 5/2020

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Abstract

Digitalization has yet to arrive in the field of clinical neuropsychology. Arguments both in favor and against have been frequently seen in scientific publications. The purpose of this article is to compare a digital version of the Trail Making Test (TMT), a common assessment tool of a clinical neuropsychologist, to a conventional paper version. An empirical study was conducted with a counterbalanced within-subject design. Voluntary participants (n = 53) conducted two different versions (paper, tablet) of TMT in the library of medical sciences of the University of Helsinki. Significant differences in completion times between TMT variants were observed in TMT part A (F(1 , 106.591) = 7.661, p = .008). No significant differences were found from part B (F(1 , 60.397) = .980, p = .327). Results of this study are in favor of further research of the digitalized version of TMT. This study indicates that it is possible and fruitful to digitalize traditional neuropsychological methods.
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Metadata
Title
Staying on the digitalized trail
Authors
Markus Samuel Hannukkala
Kasperi Mikkonen
Elmeri Laitinen
Timo Tuononen
Publication date
18-04-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Health and Technology / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 2190-7188
Electronic ISSN: 2190-7196
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-020-00425-6

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