Objective: The purpose of this study was conducted to systematic review about assessment tools for
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) for stroke patients.
Methods: Studies tools was administered by using four electronic databases (Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane and
NDSL). For the main key words,“stroke AND activities of daily living AND occupational therapy AND assessment
OR evaluation OR measurement”was used. We analyzed the types and frequency of evaluation
tools. In addition, the evaluation tools for activities and participation were classified based on the classification
criteria of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Results: In this study, 111 studies were analyzed and 30 assessment tools were identified. As the number
of studies on stroke patients has been increased recently, the types and frequency of evaluation tools have
been also increased. The most commonly used evaluation tools were Functional Independence Measure
(FIM), Barthel Index (BI) and Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). In addition, according
to classification based on ICF, we found that the types of assessment tools which assess participation were
few.
Conclusion: Although there were many kinds of assessment tools, the types of evaluation tools which were
used in the research or field were very limited. Using various assessment tools, more research should be
conducted to support evidence-based occupational therapy. Evaluation tools for participation also should
be developed.