Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Research (CAB-CF)
Innovative neuropsychological assessment for Chemo Brain allows for a complete cognitive screening and evaluation to detect the risk index of suffering from cognitive deterioration after an oncological process.
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What is the CogniFit Chemo Brain Test?
What is the CogniFit Chemo Brain Test?
- Evaluate the risk index of the presence of Chemo Brain
- For adults of all ages
- Takes about 30-40 minutes to complete
- Reliability analysis of the evaluation - Only in English Download
The Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) from CogniFit is a leading professional test that uses clinical and validated tasks designed to quickly and accurately detect the presence of symptoms, traits, or dysfunctions in the cognitive processes affected by cancer treatment.
This innovative Chemo Brain test is a scientific resource that makes it possible to take a complete cognitive screening, understand cognitive strengths and weaknesses, and evaluate the risk index for the presence of Chemo Brain (or Chemo Fog). This test is suitable for people 18 years and older, like young adults, adults, or seniors who have undergone cancer treatment and may present related cognitive decline. Anyone can easily use this neuropsychological assessment battery. The results of this assessment will automatically be available after completing the test, which usually lasts about 30-40 minutes.
Cancer is one of the most devastating diseases that we have today, and the treatments for it can be aggressive for the patient. These treatment processes can noticeably weaken different cognitive skills, affecting daily life. The detection of this cognitive deterioration is an important part of the intervention and correction of this cognitive decline, and the earlier that you work to improve the skills, the better chance there is of recovering cognitive function and independence.
A clinical consultation and history, questionnaires, clinical evaluation scales, and clinical test are all effective tools for detecting certain cognitive problems, but they are able to detect the degree to which these cognitive skills are affected. A clinically validated neuropsychological assessment can help perform an exhaustive assessment of the different cognitive functions affected by cancer treatments. Note that CogniFit does not directly offer a medical diagnosis of chemo fog but the neuropsychological assessment can help perform a screening of different cognitive functions. We recommend using this Chemo Brain test to complement a professional assessment, and never to replace a clinical consultation.
Phases of this Chemo Brain Test (CAB-CF)
Phases of this Chemo Brain Test (CAB-CF)
This complete cognitive evaluation to detect Chemo Fog and Chemo Brain are made up of a questionnaire and a complete battery of neuropsychological tests. It usually takes about 30-40 minutes to complete.
Any adult who has undergone chemotherapy treatment will answer the questionnaire in order to evaluate the clinical signs and symptoms related to these cognitive alterations. After the questionnaire, a series of validated tasks presented as online games will appear on the screen for the user to complete.
Well-being Questionnaire
A series of simple questions designed to detect the main symptoms of Mental Fog will be presented. This questionnaire is an evaluation tool adapted to the effects of Chemo Brain.
Neuropsychological factors and cognitive profile
The CAB-CF continues with a battery of tasks aimed at evaluating the main neuropsychological factors identified in the scientific literature surrounding this disorder. The results will be compared to other users of the same age and gender.
Complete results report
After completing the Chemo Brain test, a detailed report will be available to download, where the user's risk index for Mental Fog will appear, along with a description of the warning signs, cognitive profile, and results analysis, and recommendations. These results offer valuable information to help create an appropriate support strategy.
Psychometric Results
Psychometric Results
The Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) from CogniFit uses patented algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) that makes it possible to analyze thousands of variables and highlight any risk of Mental Fog with very satisfactory psychometric results.
The cognitive profile in the neuropsychological report has received high reliability, consistency, and stability ratings. The test has been validated through repeated tests and measurement processes. Transversal research designed, like the Cronbach Alpha have been followed, reaching scores of about .9, and the Test-Retest tests received scores of almost 1, which shows the high level of reliability and precision.
See validation tableWho is it for?
Who is it for?
The Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) can be used by adults of all ages who are receiving or have received chemotherapy.
Any individual or professional can easily use this neuropsychological assessment tool to detect the cognitive alterations caused by a cancer treatment. No specialized training or knowledge of neuroscience or technology systems is necessary to use this test. It is especially designed for:
Individual Users
Know the state of my brain, as well as my strengths or weaknesses
Healthcare Professionals
Easily and reliably evaluate patients and offer a complete, detailed report
Families, caretakers, and individual users
Identify if a loved-one presents a risk of cognitive decline related to Mental Fog
Researchers
Measures the cognitive abilities of study participants
Benefits
Benefits
This online, scientifically based evaluation tool to quickly and reliably assess the symptoms, strengths, weaknesses, and cognitive processes affected by Chemo Brain has a number of advantages:
LEADING INSTRUMENT
The Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) from CogniFit is a professional resource created by specialists in cognitive alterations. The cognitive tests have been patented and clinically validated. This leading professional tool is used by the scientific community, families, universities, associations and foundations, and medical centers around the world.
EASY-TO-USE
Any professional or individual user can use this assessment battery for Chemo Brain. No special training or background in technology services necessary to assign and use this assessment battery, making it simple and efficient to use from home or at the office.
USER-FRIENDLY
All of the clinical tasks are presented automatically, and are shown as simple, fun, and interactive brain games and exercises, which makes them easy to understand and fun to play, improving comprehension.
DETAILED RESULTS REPORT
The Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) makes it possible to provide quick and reliable information. This report is easy to understand and makes it possible to see and understand the clinical symptoms, strengths and weaknesses, and risk index for having Chemo Fog.
ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This powerful software allows you to analyze thousands of variables and offer specific recommendations for each user's needs and type of deterioration.
When should you use this Chemo Brain test?
When should you use this Chemo Brain test?
This assessment battery makes it possible to reliably detect the symptoms and level of cognitive deterioration related to Chemo Fog in adults and seniors.
Without the proper intervention and help, Chemo Fog may start to affect a person's professional, personal, and family areas.
Chemo Fog may cause generalized deterioration and difficulties at work or at home. We can differentiate between:
Symptoms of Chemo Brain
This term is used to describe the changes in memory, attention, and concentration, and the ability to do different mental tasks that are related to chemo or hormone therapy treatment for cancer. Other factors aside from medication can also play a role in these cognitive deficits, like age, gender, and the type of cancer.
Emotional Symptoms
A cancer diagnosis and its progression can cause considerable psychological distress and patients and their families. Studies show that between 25% and 50% of patients diagnosed with cancer will experience varying levels of emotional distress. Recent studies have shown that there is a higher presence of depression, anxiety, and emotional distress in cancer patients than the general population.
Physical Symptoms
Both the treatment and the disease itself can cause physical, digestive, metabolic, motor and sleep changes, as well as an alteration in how one sees their self-image. These changes may have a lesser or greater effect on the patient.
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Description of the diagnostic criteria questionnaire
Description of the diagnostic criteria questionnaire
Mental Fog or Chemo Brain is characterized by a series of clinical symptoms. These indicators can help better understand the presence of this disorder, which is why the first part of the Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) is a questionnaire that adapts to the main diagnostic symptoms of Chemo Fog for each age range.
The questions in this questionnaire are similar to what one may find in a diagnostic manual, clinical questionnaire, or scales for Chemo Fog. However, the questions have been simplified to be easily understood by any user.
Made up of a series of simple questions that can be completed by the professional responsible for the assessment or the person taking the Chemo Brain test. The questionnaire covers the following domains: Emotional symptoms (psychological distress, like anxiety or depression), Physical symptoms (changes in self-image, metabolic changes, sleep changes, fatigue, muscle pain, etc.), and Chemo Fog symptoms (problems with different cognitive skills, like memory or attention).
What cognitive skills are assessed with this Chemo Brain test?
What cognitive skills are assessed with this Chemo Brain test?
The presence of alterations in some cognitive skills may be an indicator of Chemo Brain. A general profile of the cognitive skills may help you understand the severity of the cognitive alterations caused by this disorder. The cognitive domains most altered by cancer treatment, and thus assessed in the Cognitive Assessment for Chemo Fog Patients (CAB-CF) are:
Attention
Ability to filter distractions and focus on relevant information.Excellent
8.4% above average
Focused attention and Chemo Brain. Focused attention is the ability to focus attention on one target stimulus, independently of the duration. Poor attention and problems concentrating are frequent complaints of people who have undergone cancer treatment. This attention deficit influences daily life, like when reading a book, following a conversation, or watching TV.
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Memory
Ability to retain or manipulate new information and recover memories from the past.Excellent
8.5% above average
Short-term memory and Chemo Brain. Short-term memory is the ability to hold onto a small amount of information over a short period of time, like when we remember the beginning of a sentence in order to make sense of the sentence as a whole. A problem in short-term memory may alter one's ability to understand what they hear or impede their ability to correctly understand the information that they receive. According to research, cancer patients have noticed an alteration in their short-term memory after treatment.
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Coordination
Ability to efficiently carry-out precise and organized movements.Excellent
7.5% above average
Reaction time and Chemo Brain. Reaction time is the ability to perceive, process, and respond to a simple stimulus, like answering a specific question. People who have undergone hormone or chemotherapy often talk of a "mental fog", as if they weren't able to think clearly, which manifests itself as a slow response time, as it's likely that they have more trouble forming fluid and correct responses.
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Perception
Ability to interpret the stimuli from one's surroundings.Excellent
8.2% above average
Spatial perception is the ability of human beings to be aware of their relationship with the environment and the space that surrounds us. Although it is true that cognitive alterations can vary depending on the type of cancer and genetic variables, problems have been consistently found in the spatial capacity of users, both during treatment and after treatment.
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Reasoning
Ability to efficiently use (organize, relate, etc.) acquired information.Excellent
7.7% above average
Planning and Chemo Brain. Planning is the ability to mentally organize the best way to reach a certain future goal, like when you think about how to tell a story to your friends. The Chemo Fog effect described alterations in planning, which may cause problems structuring thoughts, ideas, daily activities, or any other task that requires a certain amount of planning and organization.
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Processing speed can be defined as the time it takes a person to do a mental task. That is, the processing speed is the time it takes between when the stimulus is received and a response is emitted. Processing speed is one of the most commonly reported capabilities in chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction, since people who have undergone type of treatment tests usually require a greater amount of time to process the information than healthy people.
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Evaluation tasks
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The Speed Test REST-HECOOR exercise was inspired by the classic test of Fingertip tapping from the assessment battery NEPSY (Korkman et al., 1998). The test-taker is required to keep on clicking for 10 seconds and as rapidly as possible with the mouse, or finger if using a touch-screen device, in a defined area on the screen. Data is collected as the number of clicks during the allocated time, number of clicks inside the defined area and number of clicks outside it.
The Resolution Test REST-SPER was inspired by the classic paradigms Go/No Go Task (Gordon & Caramazza, 1982), Continuous Performance Test (Conners, 1989; Epstein et al., 2001), and the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (Dinges & Powell, 1985). The test-taker is required to rapidly press on circles which appear on the screen and to ignore hexagons should they also appear. Embedded in the task are 16 circles-only items and 8 circles-and-hexagons items. For each item data is collected on response time, response accuracy and cursor distance from target center.
Visual Working Memory Span Test
The Concentration Test VISMEM-PLAN took as a reference the Corsi block-tapping test (Corsi, 1972; Kessels et al., 2000; Wechsler, 1945). In the first part of the task, some circles, within a fixed array of circles, light up. The test-taker is required to memorize which circles, within the array, have lit up and then try to reproduce the sequence in the right order. In the second part of the task, a delay of 4 secs is added between the first screen and the playback screen, in order to increase the time the user must retain the information.
The Sequencing Test WOM-ASM is based on the classic direct and indirect digit test of the WAIS-III (Wechsler, 1997). The test-taker is required to remember and reproduce increasingly longer number sequences, which appear, each in its turn, on the screen. The task will begin with a two- -number sequence.
The Recognition Test WOM-REST is based on the classic tests of Symbol search (WAIS) (Wechsler, 1997), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) (Heaton, 1981) and Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (Raven, 1936). In this task, a trio-sequence of objects is presented in the center of the screen. The test-taker is required to memorize these stimuli in a first screen, and to recognize it from among four trio-sequences in a second screen. The number of correct answers is considered to calculate an accuracy percentage.
The Processing Test REST-INH was inspired by the classic Stroop test (Stroop, 1935). The test-taker is required to press on the larger of two circles, regardless of the number inscribed in each circle, while ignoring the text that could appear on the top-middle part of the screen. They are then required to press on the higher number regardless of the size of the circle in which the number is inscribed.
The Equivalencies Test INH-REST was based on the classic Stroop test (Stroop, 1935). The test-taker is asked to press on the spacebar (go action) only if the color names on the screen are printed in the matching color and to refrain from pressing (no-go) if the color of the letters does not match the printed color name.
The Decoding Test VIPER-NAM was inspired by the Boston Naming Test (Kaplan et al., 1983) and by the vocabulary test from the WAIS-III (Wechsler, 1997). The test-taker is required to click on the first letter, among four of them, that spells the name of the object depicted on the screen. For example, for the picture of an apple, the test-taker should click on the letter “A” but not on the three incorrect responses (C, P, M) also present on the screen.
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