Understanding assessment concepts within the occupational therapy context

Clemson, Lindy; Fitzgerald, Maureen H.

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“…Ottenbacher and Tomcheck (1993), in a review of occupational therapy literature, demonstrate the inadequate use of measures of agreement when examining the reliability of assessments. In addition, there seems to be some confusion with terminology and understandings of reliability coefficients with assessment users (Asher, 1996;Clemson & Fitzgerald, 1998). This suggests we should endeavor to clarify how the statistics should be interpreted.…”

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Inter-Rater Reliability of a Home Fall Hazards Assessment Tool

Clemson¹,

Fitzgerald²,

Heard³

et al. 1999

The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

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This study documents further development ofan environmental tool available to occupational therapists that has specifically been designed to identify home fall hazards. AbstractThe Westmead Home Safety Assessment provides an extensive list of potential hazards and wasdeveloped asa tool for occupational therapists to identify environmental hazards in the homes of persons who are at risk of falling. It was refined by procedures to establish content validity and by compiling an accompanying manual. Thus, the tool and its' manual offer a validand systematic way ofidentifyingpotential environmental fall hazards in and about the home. Using the tool in home visit situations can assist the therapist to develop skills in observing fall hazards. This study examined the reliability of the refined tool when used in the context of a

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Inter-Rater Reliability of a Home Fall Hazards Assessment Tool

Clemson¹,

Fitzgerald²,

Heard³

et al. 1999

The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

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Health Professional’s Perceptions and Practices in Relation to Functional Capacity Evaluations: Results of a Quantitative Survey

James

Mackenzie

2009

J Occup Rehabil

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This study demonstrated that health professionals in NSW Australia, are not routinely using standardised tools for FCE's. Health professional perceptions suggest accreditation, training and the characteristics of the FCE were important factors in FCE selection. In practice, participants tended to use parts of an FCE rather than the whole FCE. Adaptation of FCE's was common, due to client injury and specific job requirements.

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Content Validity of an Assessment Tool to Identify Home Fall Hazards: The Westmead Home Safety Assessment

Clemson¹,

Fitzgerald²,

Heard³

1999

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Identifying hazards in the homes of elderly people adequately is of central importance to reducing the risk of falls; however, no assessment tool has demonstrated validity in the area of, or focuses specifically on, home fall hazards. Content validity was undertaken to develop further and refine the Westmead Home Safety Assessment (WeHSA).A list of stimulus attributes Wl'lS generated from an extensive literature review and contributed to an expert review by providing a descriptive scheme of the tool's domain of interest. A content analysis of the literature and the expert review process established the tool as having a high degree of content validity and an overall content validity index of 0.80. The rigorous process ensured that the items in the tool were complete and relevant to the focus of the assessment and helped to guide manual development. The WeHSA provides a meaningful tool to enhance therapists' ability to observe and judge hazards.

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Understanding assessment concepts within the occupational therapy context

Abstract: This paper explores therapists' perceptions about issues of validity

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Inter-Rater Reliability of a Home Fall Hazards Assessment Tool

Inter-Rater Reliability of a Home Fall Hazards Assessment Tool

Health Professional’s Perceptions and Practices in Relation to Functional Capacity Evaluations: Results of a Quantitative Survey

Content Validity of an Assessment Tool to Identify Home Fall Hazards: The Westmead Home Safety Assessment

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