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Table 1 Excluded medication management assessment instruments

From: Standardised assessment of patients' capacity to manage medications: a systematic review of published instruments

Instrument

Author

Reason for exclusion

Assisted Living Facilities Medication Assessment

Meade 2001 [21]

• No psychometric evaluation

Dexterity Test

Begley 1997 [22]

• Insufficient detail*

• No psychometric evaluation

• Assessment of physical ability only

Everyday Cognitive Battery

Allaire 1999 [23]

• Multi-domain tool†

• Insufficient detail*

• Assessment of cognitive ability only

Everyday Problems Test

Willis 1996 [24]

• Multi-domain tool†

• Insufficient detail*

• Assessment of cognitive ability only

Functional Limitations Assessment

Hurd 1986 [25]

• No psychometric evaluation

Medication Management Test

Corrigan 1994 [26]

• Insufficient detail*

Medication Regimen Adherence Capacity Test

Fitten 1995 [27]

• Psychometric evaluation of only part of the test

Observed Tasks of Daily Living (OTDL)

Diehl 1995 [28]

• Multi-domain tool†

Occupational Therapy Assessment Scale (OTAS)

Fairbrother 1997 [29]

• Multi-domain tool†

• Insufficient detail*

Occupational Therapy Assessment of Performance and Support (OTAPS)

Nadler 1993 [30]

• Multi-domain tool†

• Insufficient detail*

Reading/Comprehension and Task Performance Tool

Bailey 1995 [31]

• Insufficient detail*

Regimen Comprehension Scale

Yamada 2001 [32]

• Assessment of cognitive ability only

• Insufficient detail*

Structured Assessment of Independent Living Skills (SAILS)

Mahurin 1991 [33]

• Multi-domain tool†

Self-Administration of Medication tool

Manias 2006 [34]

• No standardised structured observation of task performance

Self-Medication Risk Assessment Instrument

Fuller 2005 [35]

• No standardised structured observation of task performance

Structured Home Interview

Sedgeworth 1990 [36]

• Insufficient detail*

Timed Activities of Daily Living (TIADL)

Owsley 2002 [37]

• Multi-domain tool†

• Assessment of cognitive ability only

Virtual Reality Apartment Medication Management Assessment

Kurtz 2007 [38]

• Assessment of cognitive ability only

  1. * insufficient detail to enable tool to be replicated
  2. † multi-domain tool with no separate psychometric evaluation of the medication component