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Cognition and Functional Performance of Adults in Short‐Stay Psychiatry Units
Author(s) -
Ho Soo Fung,
Sturgess Jennifer
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1990.tb01267.x
Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , correlation , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , test (biology) , cognitive test , mania , clinical psychology , bipolar disorder , psychiatry , cognitive psychology , paleontology , mathematics , geometry , biology
The relationship between cognition (measured by the Revised Allen Cognitive Levels Test) and functional performance (measured by the Task Oriented Assessment of the Bay Area Functional Performance Evaluation) was examined. Twenty‐eight adults with a diagnosis of either schizophrenia, depression or mania currently in short‐stay psychiatry units were the subjects. No correlation appeared between the two total test scores. However significant correlations were found between the Revised Allen Cognitive Levels Test and the Block Design and Sorting Shells tasks of the Task Oriented Assessment. The correlation with the Block Design suggested the Revised Allen Cognitive Levels Test may measure the fluid abilities component of cognition. Stringent subject selection criteria may have reduced the obtained correlation coefficient. Motivation, culture, length of hospitalisation and hospitalisation history may exercise a complex influence on the relationship between cognition and functional performance. Further Australian studies are indicated.