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The Functional Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (FLOTCA) was
developed to assess integrative higher cognitive abilities in people with
traumatic brain injury (TBI). The FLOTCA measures performance on three tasks:
navigating on a map, organizing a toolbox, and planning a daily schedule. This
study assessed the psychometric properties of the FLOTCA with a sample of 25
participants with TBI ages 18-49 and 25 matched healthy participants. The FLOTCA
showed high interrater reliability (intraclass correlation = .996) and internal
consistency reliability for the total score (alpha = .82). Construct validity was
supported for the total score, t (48) = -5.48, d = 1.52, and the separate tasks.
Moderate ecological validity was obtained with the combined FIM and Functional
Assessment Measure, r (19) = .44, p < .05. The results indicate that the FLOTCA
can be used to assess higher cognitive abilities in functioning and can serve as
the basis for intervention planning.
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