Importance: Assessments that evaluate health care providers' communication in acute rehabilitation settings remain scarce; this article contributes to the knowledge base.
Objective: To assess the reliability and validity of the Clinical Assessment of Modes-Therapist version (CAM-T) from the provider's perspective.
Design: Cross-sectional, psychometric study.
Setting: Acute care and acute inpatient rehabilitation.
Participants: Ninety-six clients and 32 providers (occupational therapy, physical therapy, and nursing).
Measures: The CAM-T was psychometrically evaluated using classical test theory and Rasch analytic approaches.
Results: The findings offer strong evidence for the CAM-T's reliability and validity for evaluating overall communication and adequate evidence for evaluating individual communication modes.
Conclusion and relevance: The CAM-T may be used by providers as a self-assessment of communication in occupational therapy and in associated rehabilitation professions.
What this article adds: This article offers evidence in support of the CAM-T's reliability and validity for evaluating health care providers' communication with clients in acute rehabilitation settings. The CAM-T may be used to evaluate providers' overall communication and individual mode use as described in the Intentional Relationship Model.
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