title: Survey of cognitive rehabilitation practices in the state of Kuwait.
abstract: Background Rehabilitation professionals must be astute at recognizing, assessing, and treating individuals with cognitive deficits. No research is available to examine cognitive rehabilitation practices applied to individuals with neurological conditions in Kuwait.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify the use of cognitive assessments, the availability of resources, and the barriers to cognitive rehabilitation practices in Kuwait. Methods Face-to-face interviews were conducted with health care professionals working with adult individuals with neurological conditions. These professionals included occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists. Results The most commonly used cognitive based assessments are MMSE (41%), and MoCA and LOTCA (15.2%). The only clinical assessment used is the Line-Bisection Test (2.2%). The most used occupation-based assessments are FIM (6.5%), COPM (4.3%), the Interest Checklist (2.2%), and the Barthel Index (2.2%). Resources related to cognitive rehabilitation in Kuwait that are unavailable to practitioners include journal clubs (91%), special interest groups (89%), and continuing education programmes (82.6%). Barriers to cognitive rehabilitation practice included lack of sufficient funds for continuing education, lack of time, lack of standardized assessments, and lack of inter-professional teamwork. Conclusion Many adults in Kuwait live with cognitive impairment. There is a need to develop appropriate evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation clinical guidelines in Kuwait.
authors: a Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences , Kuwait University , Kuwait.
authors: Fahad S
authors: FS
authors: Manee
authors: a Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences , Kuwait University , Kuwait.
authors: Mohammed Sh
authors: MS
authors: Nadar
authors: a Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences , Kuwait University , Kuwait.
authors: Zainab
authors: Z
authors: Jassem
authors: a Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences , Kuwait University , Kuwait.
authors: Shashidhar Rao
authors: SR
authors: Chavan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale / Q000592:standards; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007730:Kuwait; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cognitive therapy; health care professionals; resources; standardized assessments