PMID- 22250992
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130530
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1360-0567 (Electronic)
IS  - 0963-8237 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 6
DP  - 2012 Dec
TI  - Evaluating outcomes of therapies offered by occupational therapists in adult 
      mental health.
PG  - 531-8
LID - 10.3109/09638237.2011.638000 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Attitudes towards the use of outcome measures by professionals 
      working in mental health have been shown to be variable. Occupational therapists 
      appear to have difficulty specifying goals and measuring the outcomes of 
      interventions. AIMS: To measure the outcomes of therapies offered by occupational 
      therapists and to assess concurrent validity of the Van du Toit Model of Creative 
      Ability (VdT MoCA) assessment. METHOD: The Global Assessment of Functioning 
      (GAF), VdT MoCA assessment and Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) 
      were used. Changes in mean scores on the measures were assessed using appropriate 
      tests. Correlations between measures were assessed using Spearman's 
      non-parametric test. RESULTS: Mean post-therapy scores were significantly higher 
      than pre-therapy scores on all three measures. VdT MoCA assessment scores pre- 
      and post-therapy were highly correlated with GAF scores. The COPM outcome scores 
      were uncorrelated with VdT MoCA assessment and GAF scores. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      results offer a promising indication that occupational therapy interventions may 
      increase functioning and thus aid clients' recovery. The VdT MoCA assessment is 
      promising as a measure of improvement in functioning. Further research is needed 
      to confirm these results and to further explore issues around occupational 
      therapists' use of outcome measures.
FAU - Samsonraj, Rajkumar S P
AU  - Samsonraj RS
AD  - Brockfield House, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, 
      Wickford, UK. rajkumar.samsonraj@sept.nhs.uk
FAU - Loughran, Michael F E
AU  - Loughran MF
FAU - Secker, Jenny
AU  - Secker J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
DEP - 20120117
PL  - England
TA  - J Ment Health
JT  - Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
JID - 9212352
SB  - IM
MH  - *Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Disability Evaluation
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*rehabilitation
MH  - Mental Health
MH  - Occupational Therapy/*methods
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/standards
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - United Kingdom
EDAT- 2012/01/19 06:00
MHDA- 2013/06/01 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/19 06:00
PHST- 2012/01/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/06/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/09638237.2011.638000 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Ment Health. 2012 Dec;21(6):531-8. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2011.638000. Epub 2012 
      Jan 17.