Research Article
Cognitive Assessments Used in Occupational Therapy Practice: A Global Perspective
Table 4
The reasons for using assessments (ordered from the top to the lowest reason).
| | Reasons for choosing assessment | Frequency | Percent |
| 1 | Available where I work | 257 | 79.6 | 2 | I am familiar with the assessment | 213 | 65.9 | 3 | Client-centered | 197 | 61.0 | 4 | Has known reliability and validity | 184 | 57.0 | 5 | Quick to administer | 175 | 54.2 | 6 | Easy to interpret | 155 | 48.0 | 7 | I learned it during my professional training | 138 | 42.7 | 8 | Follows a specific OT frame of reference (FOR) | 122 | 37.8 | 9 | Colleagues recommend its use in practice | 110 | 34.1 | 10 | Taught in the OT educational curriculum | 105 | 32.5 | 11 | Found it through a literature search | 104 | 32.2 | 12 | Developed by an occupational therapist | 103 | 31.9 | 13 | Described in a professional textbook/journal | 56 | 17.3 | 14 | I heard about it at a conference/seminar | 40 | 12.4 | 15 | Satisfies insurance company | 29 | 9.0 | 16 | Follows a specific FOR outside OT profession | 26 | 8.0 | 17 | Newly developed | 16 | 5.0 |
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Note: the participants may indicate more than one reason.
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