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- Title
Choosing the most appropriate environment to evaluate independence in everyday activities: Home or clinic?
- Authors
Bottari, Carolina; Dutil, Élisabeth; Dassa, Clément; Rainville, Constant
- Abstract
Background and Aim: To better document independence in activities of daily living (ADL), particularly with persons with traumatic brain injury, the influence of the context in which performance-based assessments are administered must be considered. This paper examines the issue of context in ADL assessment according to specific criteria. Main Findings: Overall, the limited number of studies found to have investigated the influence of context (home, clinic) on performance-based ADL assessments in persons with cerebral damage does not provide clear evidence to support the superiority of either environment. Conclusion: The issue of context in ADL assessments has been minimally documented and can be explained by the complexity of data collection. Occupational therapists will need to address this issue.
- Subjects
BRAIN injuries; ACTIVITIES of daily living; OCCUPATIONAL therapists; HOME (The concept); RESEARCH
- Publication
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2006, Vol 53, Issue 2, p98
- ISSN
0045-0766
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00547.x