Cognitive Assessment

Question 1

Neuropsychological testing

Answer 1

Standardized measures to assess specific cognitive abilities in the context of evaluating brain function

Question 2

Cognitive Assessment on Occupational Therapy

Answer 2

• OT assessment is conducted within the context of occupational performance
• Cognition is important for occupational performance
• Clients seen by OT’s have cognitive impairment
• Use full in determining factors that might interfere with occupational performance

Question 3

How does OT obtain cognitive assessment information about client?

Answer 3

• Observation of performance
• Reports of the client or caregiver
• Neuropsychological reports
• Administration of standardized cognitive measures

Question 4

Standardized cognitive measures used by OTs

Answer 4

based on functional task or everyday objects

Question 5

Test of everyday attention

Answer 5

• Includes eight tasks such as locating items on a map and searching a telephone directory based on an imagined trip to philadelphia
• Tasks are designed to measure selective, sustained, alternating, and divided attention

Question 6

Multiple Errands test

Answer 6

• Measure of executive function

- Administered in a shopping mall

Question 7

Lowenstein Occupational therapy Cognitive Assessment

Answer 7

• LOTCA
• Assesses orientation, visual and spatial perception, visuomotor organization, and thinking operations
• 20 subtests, takes 30-50 min to administer
• Each subtest scored from 1-4 or 1-5,
• higher score=better cognition
• Better in predicting functional outcome for individuals being treated for stroke

Question 8

Dynamic Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment for Children (DOTCA)

Answer 8

• Based on LOTCA
• Dynamic approach
• Assesses cognitive impairments in children
• Allows for the identification of strength and impairments
• Results can be used to develop mediated learning intervention

Question 9

Dynamic Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment for Children (DOTCA) 1

Answer 9

• Includes 22 subsets in the areas of orientation, spatial perception, praxis, visuomotor construction, and thinking operations
• Initial support for interrupter reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity exists

Question 10

Executive function performance test (EFPT)

Answer 10

• A performance based standardized assessment of cognition and executive function
• The development of the kitchen task assessment
• Includes 4 standardized instrumental activity of daily living tasks

Question 11

4 standardized instrumental activity of daily living tasks

Answer 11

Cooking
Telephone use
Medication management
Bill paying

Question 12

Three purposes of EFPT

Answer 12

• To determine which executive function components are deficient: Initiation, Organization, sequencing, judgement and safety, completion
• To determine an individual’s capacity for independent functioning
• To determine type of assistance necessary for task completion

Question 13

EFPT has been validated in clients with

Answer 13

Stroke
Multiple Sclerosis
Schizophrenia