Cognitive performance in senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type: the Kitchen Task Assessment.

C. Baum, D. F. Edwards

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Abstract

The Kitchen Task Assessment (KTA) is a functional measure that records the level of cognitive support required by a person with Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (SDAT) to complete a cooking task successfully. The results allow the clinician to help caregivers understand the level of support the impaired person needs to perform daily living tasks. This paper presents the validity and internal consistency of the KTA. Data were collected from 106 persons diagnosed with SDAT. Construct validity was established by examining the relationship between subjects' performance on the KTA and standard neuropsychological measures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)431-436
Number of pages6
JournalThe American journal of occupational therapy. : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
Volume47
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1993

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