Research Article

Development and Validation of the Occupational Therapy Engagement Scale for Patients with Stroke

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients and occupational therapists rating the OTES.

Characteristic

Occupational therapists rating the OTES ()
Gender (male/female)7/15
Age (years);
Degree of education (bachelor/master)15/7
Years working as an occupational therapist;
Patients ()
Gender (male/female)165/88
Age (year)
Level of education
 Not educated20 (7.9%)
 ≤6 years62 (24.5%)
 ≤9 years96 (38.0%)
 10–12 years27 (10.7%)
 13–16 years33 (13.0%)
 >16 years11 (4.3%)
 Missing4 (1.6%)
Months after stroke;
Side of brain lesion114/132/7
 Left114 (45.1%)
 Right132 (52.1%)
 Both7 (3.8%)
Incidents of stroke (1/≥2)205/48
Aphasia: comprehension impairment
 Normal172 (68.0%)
 Mild54 (21.3%)
 Moderate26 (10.3%)
 Severe1 (0.4%)
Aphasia: expression impairment
 Normal147 (58.1%)
 Mild51 (20.2%)
 Moderate42 (16.6%)
 Severe13 (5.1%)
Raw OTES total scores;