title: Evaluating domains of everyday functioning in people with developmental disabilities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship among (a) quality of activities of daily living (ADL) task performance, (b) quality of social interaction, and (c) the extent of discrepancy between the person's and the occupational therapist's perspectives; and explore patterns of strengths and challenges among people with developmental disabilities (DD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-eight adults with different types of DD, living in northern Sweden, were evaluated using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS), the Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) and the Assessment of Compared Qualities - Occupational Performance (ACQ-OP) and Assessment of Compared Qualities - Social Interaction (ACQ-SI). The relationships among assessments were analysed using Pearson correlation analyses. Cluster analysis was used to group participants based on their evaluation results. Results The quality of ADL task performance and the quality of social interaction demonstrated weak to moderate positive relationships while the ACQ-OP and ACQ-SI demonstrated a strong positive relationship. The cluster analysis resulted in identifying three distinct groups that differed significantly from one another.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings support the clinical use of multiple assessment tools, including observation and self-report, to evaluate different aspects of occupational performance. Comprehensive and relevant evaluation supports collaborative goal setting and intervention planning.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University , Sweden.
authors.forename: Anne G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: b Department of Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire , USA.
authors.forename: Lou Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Griswold
authors.affiliation: a Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University , Sweden.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munkholm
authors.affiliation: c Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago , USA.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kottorp
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D057566:Self Report; D013548:Sweden; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: Activities of daily living; observation; occupational performance; self-report; social interaction