The Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist for adult physical rehabilitation.
OBJECTIVE
Although the practice of occupational therapy is described in textbooks, research, and professional standards, a tool for outcomes research is needed.


METHODS
The Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist (OTPC), based on the Model of Occupational Performance (Pedretti, 1996), includes domains of adjunctive, enabling, purposeful, and occupational performance. Practices are also identified by phase of therapy (early, middle, late). The OTPC was piloted with 40 adults in an outpatient physical rehabilitation center.


RESULTS
The Kuder Richardson 20 coefficient of internal consistency was .91. Practices on the OTPC discriminated between clients with and without neurological disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
The OTPC has potential for yielding knowledge about occupational therapy practice. Results of the pilot show that occupational therapy practice was not linear, as theorized, but rather a complex integration of techniques.
Huebner
Ruth A
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Department of Occupational Therapy, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, USA. Rutha.Huebner@ky.gov
Custer
Melba G
MG
Freudenberger
Linda
L
Nichols
Laurie
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome