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Research Article  |   September 2009
Kettle Test—A Brief Measure of Cognitive Functional Performance: Reliability and Validity in Stroke Rehabilitation
Adina Hartman-Maeir; Hagit Harel; Noomi Katz
Author Affiliations
  • Adina Hartman-Maeir, PhD, OT, is Lecturer, School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah and Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, POB 24026, Jerusalem 91240 Israel; amaeir@mscc.huji.ac.il
  • Hagit Harel, MSc, OT, is Clinician, Rehabilitation Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Noomi Katz, PhD, OTR, is Director, Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, Israel, and Professor Emeritus, School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Article Information
Stroke / Instrument Development and Testing
Research Article   |   September 2009
Kettle Test—A Brief Measure of Cognitive Functional Performance: Reliability and Validity in Stroke Rehabilitation
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, September/October 2009, Vol. 63, 592-599. doi:10.5014/ajot.63.5.592
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, September/October 2009, Vol. 63, 592-599. doi:10.5014/ajot.63.5.592
Abstract

OBJECTIVES. We examined the reliability and validity of the Kettle Test, a brief performance measure based on a complex everyday task designed to tap into basic and higher level cognitive processes.

METHOD. Participants included 21 people attending stroke rehabilitation and 4 occupational therapists for the reliability analysis, 36 people at discharge from stroke rehabilitation, and 36 age-matched healthy control participants for the validity analyses. Instruments included a battery of conventional cognitive measures and functional outcomes.

RESULTS. Interrater reliability was found to be high. Stroke survivors at discharge from rehabilitation were found to require significantly more assistance on the Kettle Test than control participants (p < .000); their scores on the Kettle Test were significantly and moderately correlated with the conventional cognitive and functional outcome measures.

CONCLUSIONS. The results support the reliability and validity of the Kettle Test as a top-down measure of cognition-in-function in people at discharge from stroke rehabilitation.