Development of the Final Version of the Classification and Assessment of Occupational Dysfunction Scale

PLoS One. 2015 Aug 11;10(8):e0134695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134695. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Occupational therapy is involved in disability prevention and health enhancement through the prevention of occupational dysfunction. Although many occupational dysfunction scales exist, no standard method is available for the assessment and classification of occupational dysfunction, which may include occupational imbalance, occupational deprivation, occupational alienation, and occupational marginalization. The purpose of this study was to develop the final version of Classification and Assessment of Occupational Dysfunction (CAOD). Our study demonstrated the validity and reliability of CAOD in a group of undergraduate students. The CAOD scale includes 16 items and addresses the following 4 domains: occupational imbalance, occupational deprivation, occupational alienation, and occupational marginalization.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Young Adult

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.