Validity of the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment in people with intellectual disabilities

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-422

  Jang, Yuh ^c   Chern, Jen Sun ^a   Lin, Keh Chung ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mentally disabled persons; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of results; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; VALIDATION STUDY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949144607     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.63.4.414     Document Type: Article

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