Research Article

Cognitive Assessments Used in Occupational Therapy Practice: A Global Perspective

Table 1

The list of cognitive assessments used in the study.

Name of AssessmentName of Assessment

Ability to navigate (non-standardized)Dementia Rating Scale (DRS)
Affective Test of Prosody (ATP)Digit Backward Test
Allen Cognitive Levels (ACL)Digit Forward Test
Assessment of Communication and Interaction SkillsDisability Assessment for Dementia (DAD)
Assessment of Living SkillsEmpirical Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Rating Scale (E-Behave-AD)
Assessment of Living Skills and Resources (ALSAR)Executive Interview (EXIT)
Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)
A Quick TestFunctional Autonomy Measurement System (SMAF)
Barthel ADL Assessment (modified)Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
Barthel IndexFunctional Performance Measure
Bay Area Functional Performance Evaluation (BAFPE)General ADL (non-standardized)
Bedford Alzheimer Nursing Severity Scale; for the severe demented (BANS)Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)Hierarchic Dementia Scale
Chessington OT Neurological Assessment Battery (COTNAB)Home (non-standardized)
Client-Oriented Role EvaluationHome Environment Assessment Protocol
Clinical Observation (non-standardized)Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool
Clock Drawing Test & Clock TestHopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT)
Cognitive Adaptive Skills EvaluationKitchen task (non-standardized)
Cognitive Assessment of the Elderly (CASE/Pecpa-2r)Kitchen Task Assessment (KTA)
Cognitive Assessment of Minnesota (CAM)Klein-Bell ADL Test
Cognitive Assessment Screening Test (CAST)Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills (KELS)
Cognitive Performance Test (CPT)Leisure Satisfactory Questionnaire
Cognitive Competency Test (CCT)Leisure Diagnostic Battery
Cognitive Mode Questionnaire (CMQ)Limiting Long Standing Illness screen (LLSI)
Colored ball sort (non-standardized)Line Bisection Test
Comprehensive OT Evaluation (COTE)Loewenstein O.T. Cognitive Assessment (LOTCA)
Contextual Memory Test (CMT)Loewenstein O.T. Cognitive Geriatric Assessment (LOTCA-G)
D2 test of AttentionMiddlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental Status (MEAMS)
Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)/FolsteinTrail Making Test (TMT)
Model of Human Occupation Screening (MOHOST)Test of Visual Perceptual Skills (Non-Motor)-Revised (TVPS(n-m)R)
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)Toglia Category Assessment
Motor-Free Visual Perceptual Test (MVPT)Visual Field Tests: Bell's Scanning Test, Useful Field of Vision Test
Modified Mini Mental Status Exam (3MS)Volitional Questionnaire
Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE/Cognistat)Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III)
Occupational HistoryWisconsin Card Sorting Test version 4 (WCST-CV4)
Occupational Role HistoryWoodcock Johnson Test of Cognitive Ability
Occupational Self-AssessmentWord list (non-standardized)
Ontario Society of O.T. Perceptual AssessmentWork Environment Impact Scale
Occupational QuestionnaireWorker Role Inventory Worker Role Inventory
Orientation Test for AphasicsSevere Impairment Battery (SIB)
Other IADL tasks (e.g. medication mgmt., financial tasks) (non-standardized)Sorting shapes (non-standardized)
Perceive Recall Plan Perform (PRPP)Stroke Unit Mental Status Exam (SUMSE)
Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (PASS)Stroop test Stroop test Stroop test Stroop test
Rancho Los Amigos (RLA)Structured Observational Test of Function (SOTOF)
Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (RMBT)Tests designed for acquired brain injury (SCATBI,NRS)
Role Check ListTest of Everyday Attention (TEA)
Ross Information Processing Assessment – Geriatric (RIPA-G)Test for Severe Impairment (TSI)
Routine Task Inventory Routine Task InventoryTest of Visual Motor Skills – Revised (TVMS-R)
Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation (SAFER)OTHERS: Please list below) ……………………………………………………..
Safety and Functional ADL Evaluation (SAFE)……………………………………………………