Functional Measures, Part 2: Selecting the Right Test, Minimizing the Limitations

Fisher, Anne G.

doi:10.5014/ajot.46.3.278

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“…To be able to plan for and evaluate supportive interventions for older adults with or without cognitive impairment in everyday occupations where technology is required, it is important to know not only what the user can or cannot do but also why (17).…”

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Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Malinowsky

Nygård

Kottorp

2009

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Title: Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life. AbstractTechnology increasingly influences the everyday lives of most people, and the ability to manage technology can be seen as a prerequisite for participation in everyday occupations.However, knowledge about ability and skills required for management of technology is sparse. This study aimed to validate a new observation-based assessment, the Management of Everyday Technology Assessment (META). The META is developed to assess the ability to manage technology in everyday life. A sample of 116 older adults with and without cognitive impairment were observed and interviewed by the use of the META when managing their everyday technology at home. The results indicate that the META demonstrates acceptable person response validity and technology goodness-of-fit. Additionally, the META can separate individuals with higher ability from individuals with lower ability to manage everyday technology. The META can be seen as a complement to existing ADL assessment techniques and is planned to be used both in research and practice.

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Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Malinowsky

Nygård

Kottorp

2009

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Research-based assessment tools appropriate to occupational therapy contexts and decision-making have long been considered vital to ensure credible practice (Crocker, 1976;Law, 1987;Fisher, 1992b). Opiach (1991) asserts that, as occupational therapys theoretical foundations strengthen and learning institutions advance and thrust the profession into the academic arena, the resources for developing assessments sensitive to occupational therapy constructs will be broadened.…”

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Understanding assessment concepts within the occupational therapy context

Clemson

Fitzgerald

1998

Occupation Therapy Intl

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“…This may be an important factor underlying the difficulty in establishing an overall relationship between level of individual skill and ADL performance (Fisher, 1992). Accordingly, an intervention programme for ADL in dementia may need to address motivational aspects and habits as well as cognitive factors.…”

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Supporting everyday activities in dementia: An intervention study

Josephsson

Bäckman

Borell

et al. 1993

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

107

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SUMMARYThe efficacy of an intervention programme designed to support performance in activities of daily living was investigated in four patients with dementia at different levels of severity of impairment. Important features ofthe programme included that (a) task conditions should be highly supportive, (b) the importance of episodic and semantic memory skills for successful performance should be minimized, (c) an acceptable performance level should be possible to achieve using skills that are relatively well preserved in the disease, and (d) factors related to patients' motivation and habits should be taken into account. Performance gains were evaluated using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills instrument. Results showed intervention-related gains in three patients. One of these patients maintained performance gains when environmental guidance (eg signs) was withdrawn, whereas the other two required environmental guidance in order to exhibit gains. The overall pattern of results suggests that this form of intervention related to everyday functioning in dementia is worthy of further empirical attention.

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Functional Measures, Part 2: Selecting the Right Test, Minimizing the Limitations

Cited by 48 publications

References 7 publications

Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Understanding assessment concepts within the occupational therapy context

Supporting everyday activities in dementia: An intervention study

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