Performance-Based Executive Function Instruments Used by Occupational Therapists for Children: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The use of executive function (EF) instruments to assess children's functional performance is obscured with a lack of consensus on which is most suitable to use within the occupational therapy profession. This review identifies EF instruments used by occupational therapists (OTs) for children and evaluates their measurement properties.

Methods

This systematic review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020172107). We reviewed occupational therapy-related studies published until March 2021, to identify performance-based EF instruments used among children by OTs. Two review authors independently screened, extracted, and evaluated the methodological rigor of the included studies. Adequacy of the measurement properties was determined using the COSMIN, and the Terwee cri

SUBMITTER: Gomez INB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8374859 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature