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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.

Langue : ANGLAIS