Validity of the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment in People With Intellectual Disabilities

• Autores: Yuh Jang, Jen-Suh Chern, Keh-Chung Lin
• Localización: American Journal of Occupational Therapy, ISSN 0272-9490, Vol. 63, Nº. 4, 2009, págs. 414-422
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We examined the psychometric properties (internal consistency, concurrent criterion validity, and known-group validity) of the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (LOTCA) in people with intellectual disabilities. A total of 111 people with intellectual disabilities and 19 people with no disabilities were included. We used Cronbach's alpha, Spearman's rho, the Kruskal�Wallis test, and one-way analysis of variance for analysis, where appropriate. Results showed good internal consistency on Orientation, Visual Perception, Spatial Perception, Visuomotor Organization, and Thinking Operations subscales (Cronbach's as = .82, .74, .76, .86, and .80, respectively), but not on the Motor Praxis subscale (a = .48). We found significant correlations between participants� performance on the Pictorial IQ test and disability level and scores on the LOTCA. The known-group validity of the LOTCA in people with intellectual disabilities was satisfactory. We concluded that the LOTCA is a suitable instrument for measuring cognitive abilities and visual perception in people with intellectual disabilities.