A housework-based assessment of intellectual functions in patients with acquired brain damage. Development and evaluation of an occupational therapy method.
The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate a housework-based method of selecting, from among adults with acquired brain damage, those who would benefit from housework-based training; and of assessing the effects of such training. The method presented--the Intellectual Housework Assessment (IHA)--consists of two parallel programmes of seven subtests, each including eight observation points. There is also a manual. The reliability of the IHA was tested in a group of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) patients. Construct validity was studied by calculating the mean IHA difference between the patient group and a group of nonclinical persons. Concurrent validity was studied through comparison with the Intellectual Function Assessment (IFA), with a psychometric test battery and with an ADL status. The results of the study indicate that IHA is an adequate instrument for the purposes specified.
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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010465:Perception