The Cognistat (neurobehavioural cognitive status exam): Administering the full test in stroke patients for optimal results

ConclusionsOur findings confirm that occupational therapists should administer the full Cognistat to stroke patients rather than the original screen‐metric approach. A two‐factor structure was also supported in our results, suggesting that occupational therapists' scoring practices should reflect this finding and use the differentiated score out of 10 rather than a global sum. However, additional research is necessary to consider the clinical and theoretical significance of the Cognistats' subscale clustering.

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Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - February 1, 2015 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Danielle Rice, Nerissa Campbell, Lauren Friedman, Mark Speechley, Robert W. Teasell Tags: Research Article Source Type: research