- Title
- The Audio Recorded Cognitive Screen (ARCS): a flexible and versatile instrument for clinic or research
- Creator
- Schofield, Peter W.; Lechner-Scott, Jeannette; Loughland, Carmel; Moore, Tammie
- Relation
- Screening Tests: Principles, Analysis and Benefits p. 111-126
- Relation
- Medical Procedures, Testing and Technology
- Relation
- https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=42597
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- The ARCS was developed as a medium length cognitive battery that, by virtue of its novel means of administration, can also serve as a screening test. The ARCS includes tests of episodic verbal memory, verbal fluency, language (object naming), visuospatial ability, and attention/executive functioning that are administered via an audio device (e.g. MP3 player, CD player, computer). The patient (or study participant) writes their responses to the questions in a booklet for later scoring. A preamble on the audio provides a clear and simple explanation as to how testing will be conducted. Testing lasts 34 minutes and is unsupervised. Patients who score 18/30 or more on the Mini Mental State Examination are typically able to complete testing with the ARCS. The time-cost to the clinician for obtaining the results is minimal: about two minutes to set the patient up with the audio and response booklet and about 2-4 minutes for scoring into the accompanying excel spreadsheet scoring calculator. The calculator converts raw scores into demographically adjusted scores and also serves as a database. The current chapter reviews our experience with the ARCS, highlighting its flexibility, and discusses its potential use in a range of clinical and research settings.
- Subject
- audio recorded cognitive screen (ARCS); verbal memory; verbal fluency; language; screening tests
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1337225
- Identifier
- uon:27794
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781624179631
- Language
- eng
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