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Development of the St George hospital memory disorders clinic occupational therapy assessment scale
Author(s)	Greg Fairbrother, David Burke, Kylie Fell
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, no 2, June 1997
Pages	pp 115-122
Keywords	Dementia ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Evaluation ; Australia.
Annotation	The St George Hospital Memory Disorders Clinic Occupational Therapy Assessment Scale (OTAS) is a performance-based assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) administered in the home environment to monitor function among patients with early cognitive decline. This Australian study tested the reliability and validity of the scale. Of the 30 items investigated, 19 items that measured higher functional domains were found to be useful in discriminating between subjects. Psychometrically, these 19 items had high internal consistency and high inter-rater reliability, and correlated well with other measures of higher function. In addition, the OTAs correlated well with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), indicating that it is a valid instrument that should be sensitive to functional problems among patients in the early stages of cognitive impairment. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980930401 A
Classmark	EA: C4: CA: 4C: 7YA
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