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Advanced Neurology Cognitive assessment using performance-based tests

Table 4. (Continued)
Assessment Assessment Manual available Resources required to Training required Documented time
composition administer to administer
Assessment of motor and Yes, manual provided as Items required dependent on AMPS training 30 – 40 min to
process skills (AMPS) part of training the task chosen; for example, consists of 5 complete
bathroom for ADL tasks, days face-to-face
kitchen for IADL tasks course at US$995
(online course
also available);
certification is
awarded after
rater calibration is
assessed
Note: The documented time to administer excludes scoring/documentation time.
Abbreviations: ADL: Activities of daily living; IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living.

Table 5. Emerging assessments without published evidence with TBI populations

Assessment Related Description Sample size Mean age Cognitive Approach/model
studies with (SD) of domains assessed
ABI and participants
community‑
dwelling
adults
Complex Task 69 Simulated library work N=34 52.93 (9.52) Multi-tasking, Multiple errands test
Performance (calculation of fines Stroke=14 attention, problem approach, which is
Assessment and replacement costs solving and based on the supervisory
(CTPA) 68 for books; listening and memory. attention system theory 40
responding to recorded
phone messages)
and two prospective
memory tasks are
added to the test;
scoring based on rule
breaks, inefficiencies,
and task failures
Kettle test (KT) 70 71 Preparation of a hot N=36 stroke patients 19.3 (5.8) Working memory, “Top-down” approach,
drink for themselves problem-solving, based on executive
and a clinician; includes safety, and function performance test
novel everyday problem judgment (EFPT) and assessment
21
solving; score based on of motor and process
13 steps skills (AMPS) ; scoring
29
based on routine task
inventory , derived
72
from Allen’s cognitive
disabilities model 73
ManageMed screen 75 Assessment of safety N=5 stroke patients 72.6 Safety, judgment, No approach/model
(MMS) 74 and judgment in attention, and documented
relation to medications: working memory
answering questions
about medication
bottles and sorting
three medications into
a dosette/pillbox
(Cont’d...)

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