This resource has been set up specifically for a post graduate course in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is intended to be a deposity of information about outcomes measures in Occupational Therapy practice. We welcome contributions from others.
Hodkinson, H.M. (1972). Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly. Age and Ageing, 1972, 223-237. A mental test score consisting of 26 questions testing ...
Woodford, H.J. & George, J. (2007). Cognitive assessment in the elderly: a review of clinical methods. Q J Med, 100 469-484. This paper reviews the screening tests available to detect the presence...
In Disability and Rehabilitation, (1995) 17(1), 10-14. Authors: Kidd, D., Stewart, G., Baldry, J., Johnson, J., Rossiter, D., Petruckevitch, A., & Thompson, A. J. In this study the FIM was compared...
In Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, (2012), 79(3), 167-174. Authors: Fioravanti, A. M., Bordignon, C. M., Pettit, S. M., Woodhouse, L. J., & Ansley, B. J. The purpose of the journal was t...
Previous studies examining the relationship between cognition and ability to benefit from inpatient rehabilitation have found cognitive dysfunction to be associated with a poor rehabilitation outco...
In Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2007, 5(74), 370-381. Authors: Douglas, A., Liu, L., Warren, S., & Hooper, T. The purpose of the above article was to examine standardised and non-sta...
In Brain Injury, 2008, 22(9), 669-683. Authors: Nott, M. T., Chapparo, C., & Heard, R. This article investigated the effectiveness of OT with adults in PTA following brain injury. Patients were mon...
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2009, 63(5), 592-599. Authors: Hartman-Maeir, A., Harel, H., & Katz., N. The Kettle Test is a brief, cognitive-functional measure that assesses actual...
Meares, S., Shores, E. A., Taylor, A. J., Lammel, A., & Batchelor, J. (2011). Brain Injury, 25(12), 1198-1205. The objective of this article was to validate the use of the abbreviated Westmead pos...
A comprehensive table of all the common cognitive assessments used by OT. It also gives brief description of the format and target population of each assessments and the time it takes to administer...
Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy (SCAND J OCCUP THER), 2012 Mar; 19(2): 204-13 (45 ref).Authors:Enemark Larsen, Anette ; Carlsson, Gunilla. Abstract: In a community-based geriatric reha...
This paper describes the development of an outcome measure, COPM, which is designed to be used with these guidelines for client-centred clinical practice. The COPM is an outcome measure designed fo...
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 75(1), 1996, pp 40-43. Previous studies examining the relationship between cognition and ability to benefit from inpatient rehabilitation ha...
Unsworth, C. (2000). Measuring the outcome of occupational therapy: Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47, 147-158. Unsworth has written a great deal on this topic - including the develo...
