FUNCTIONAL SKILLS TRAINING
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS TRAINING
The Computerized Functional Skills Assessment and Training Program: Sensitivity to Global Cognitive Impairment, Correlations with Cognitive Abilities, and Factor Structure.
Harvey et al. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2020)
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
The Computerized Functional Skills Assessment and Training Program: Sensitivity to Global Cognitive Impairment, Correlations with Cognitive Abilities, and Factor Structure
SUMMARY
We evaluated a novel computer-based functional skills assessment and training (CFSAT/FUNSAT™) program, which includes ecologically valid simulations of six everyday technology-related tasks. In this report, we describe the psychometric properties of the assessment in terms of sensitivity to impairment, factor structure and correlations with cognitive performance.
The CFSAT/ FUNSAT™ is sensitive to functional impairments seen in cognitively impaired older adults. Cognitive performance and CFSAT/ FUNSAT™ scores were related but nonredundant. Thus, the CFSAT/ FUNSAT™ appears to identify functional deficits that could be targeted with skills training interventions, likely augmented by pharmacological or computerized cognitive training interventions.
