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Construct Validity Supports Use of a Novel, Tablet-Based Neurocognitive Assessment for Adolescents and Young Adults Affected by Perinatal HIV from Vulnerable Communities in the United States

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Construct validity of novel tablet-based neurocognitive tests (in the NeuroScreen app) measuring processing speed, working memory, and executive functioning in adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with perinatally-acquired HIV (PHIV) and perinatal HIV-exposure without infection (PHEU) was examined. Sixty-two AYA (33 PHIV, 29 PHEU) were recruited from an ongoing longitudinal study (CASAH) in New York City. Medium to large and statistically significant correlations were found between NeuroScreen and gold standard, paper-and-pencil tests of processing speed, working memory, and executive functioning. Results provide partial support for NeuroScreen as an alternative to cumbersome paper-and-pencil tests for assessing neurocognition among HIV-affected AYA.

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This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health under Grant R01 MH069133, PI: Mellins; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under Grants R21 HD084197, PI: Robbins and R01 HD095266, PI: Robbins; National Institute of Nursing Research Grant R21 NR015009, PI: Robbins; the National Institute of Mental Health under Grant P30 MH043520, PI: Remien, and T32 MH19139, PI: Sandfort.

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  1. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA

    R. N. Robbins, L. Kluisza, A. F. Santoro, J. Raymond, N. Ngyuen, S. Espinel, E. Siegel, C. Dolezal & C. A. Mellins

  2. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA

    J. Liu

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

    A. Wiznia

  4. Mailman School of Public Health and Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, ICAP at Columbia University, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    E. J. Abrams

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Robbins, R.N., Kluisza, L., Liu, J. et al. Construct Validity Supports Use of a Novel, Tablet-Based Neurocognitive Assessment for Adolescents and Young Adults Affected by Perinatal HIV from Vulnerable Communities in the United States. AIDS Behav 25, 1185–1191 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-03099-3

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