Functional Assessment- Week 3

Question 1

Functional activity

Answer 1

All tasks, activities, and roles that an individual self-identifies as essential for their physical and psychological well being

Question 2

Basic activities of daily living

Answer 2

Category of physical function

-sensorimotor skills of daily self-care: feeding, dressing, hygeine, physical mobility

Question 3

Instrumental activities of daily living

Answer 3

Category of physical function
-Advanced skills: vital to independent community living: managing personal affairs, shopping, cooking, home chores, driving

Question 4

Mental function

Answer 4

Component of psychological function

• refers to intellectual or cognitive abilities of the individual
• attention span, memory, problem solving, judgment, concentration, initiative

Question 5

Affective function

Answer 5

Component of psychological function

• refers to coping mechanisms needed to deal with everyday events and traumatic/stressful happenings in life
• includes self-esteem, attitude toward body image, anxiety, depression

Question 6

Social function

Answer 6

Refers to the individual’s performance of social roles
-Participation in recreational activities, clubs, social interactions with others (telephoning, visiting relatives/friends), occupational pursuits

Question 7

Participation restriction

Answer 7

Discordance between actual performance of an individual in a particular role and community expectations

Question 8

A good test is

Answer 8

• reliable
• valid
• easy to administer
• practical and simple to perform
• purposeful
• free of floor and ceiling effects

Question 9

Nominal measures

Answer 9

yes/no; not descriptive

Question 10

Ordinal measures

Answer 10

ranks (Likert)

Question 11

Summary/Additive measures

Answer 11

can mask important deficits in one area

Question 12

Independent

Answer 12

Patient is able consistently to perform skill safety with no one present

Question 13

Supervision

Answer 13

Patient requires someone within arm’s reach as a precaution; low probability of patient having a problem requiring assistance

Question 14

Close Supervision (Close Guarding)

Answer 14

Person assisting is positioned as if to assist, with hands raised but not touching patient; full attention on patient; fair probability of patient requiring assistance

Question 15

Contact Guard

Answer 15

Therapist is positioned as with close guarding, with hands on patient but not giving any assistance; high probability of patient requiring assistance

Question 16

Min A

Answer 16

Patient is able to complete majority of the activity without assistance

Question 17

Mod A

Answer 17

Patient is able to complete part of the activity without assistance

Question 18

Max A

Answer 18

Patient is unable to assist in any part of the activity