Researchers find phone assessment effective for evaluating cognition in the elderly

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 16:56 in Psychology & Sociology

Cognitive testing by telephone in elderly individuals is generally as effective as in-person testing, according to a new study by Effie M. Mitsis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and part of Mount Sinai's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. The study will appear in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

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