In all areas of Occupational Therapy (OT) practice, assessment is the fundamental starting point that provides a detailed understanding of each person’s specific skills, limitations, and needs.
The use of standardized assessment tools in OT provides:
Objective evaluation
Accurate diagnosis
It facilitates the measurement of progress in the short, medium and long term
It optimizes interaction between teams, promoting transdisciplinary coordination.
Project OBJECTIVES
Given the need for tools that guarantee a professional practice based on scientific evidence, the objectives of the InstrumentTO Project are:
Create
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Create Occupational Therapy assessment tools.
Translate
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Translate Occupational Therapy assessment tools.
Fit
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Adapting Occupational Therapy assessment tools across cultures.
Validate
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Evaluate the psychometric properties of Occupational Therapy assessment tools.
Web Platform
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Develop a web platform on standardized assessment tools, identifying those that do or do not have an adaptation and validation to the Spanish context.
Project TOOLS
Currently, InTeO has translated, adapted and evaluated the psychometric properties of the following tools:
ARTICLES PUBLISHED about the Project
Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB-E).
Evaluate executive functions located in the frontal lobes.
- Adaptation: Hurtado-Pomares M, et al. Adaptation of the Spanish version of the Frontal Assessment Battery for detection of executive dysfunction. Medicina Clinica. 2020
- Validation in Parkinson’s: Hurtado-Pomares M, et al. Measuring executive dysfunction in Parkinson disease: Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB-E). PLoS One. 2018;13(11):e0207698.
- Validation in the general population and normative data: Hurtado-Pomares M, et al. Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB-E) and normative values in a representative adult population sample. Neurologia. 2022 Oct 7;S2173-5808(22)00113-4.
Disability Assessment For Dementia (DAD-E).
Assessing skills in activities of daily living (ADL) in people with cognitive disorders.
- Adaptation: Sánchez-Pérez A, et al. Translation and adaptation of the Disability Assessment for Dementia scale in the Spanish population. Med Clin (Barc). 2017;149(6):248-252.
- Validation: Sánchez-Pérez A, et tal. Validation Study of the Spanish Version of the Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(44):e1925.
Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS).
To quickly assess cognitive impairment in stroke patients.
- Adaptation: García-Manzanares MD, et al. Cultural and linguistic adaptation of the Oxford Cognitive Screen to the Spanish population. Neurología. 2020; S0213-4853(19)30147-1.
- Validation: Valera-Gran D, et. Validation of the Spanish version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (S-OCS): psychometric properties of a short cognitive stroke-specific screening tool. Clin Rehabil. 2019;33(4):724-736
Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ-E).
Evaluate your occupational balance in relation to your current situation and daily life.
- Validation in university students: Peral-Gómez, P, et al. Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire: An Instrument for Occupation-Based Research. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7506.
- Validation in the general population and normative data: Peral-Gómez, P, et al. The Spanish version of Occupational Balance Questionnaire: psychometric properties and normative data in a representative sample of adults. Ann Med. 2022 Dec;54(1):3211-3218.
Box and Block Test (BBT).
Evaluates manual dexterity.
- Adaptation: Noce MP, Valera-Gran D, Hurtado-Pomares M, Serrano-Reina E, Soler-Pons C, Navarrete-Muñoz EM. Spanish translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Box and Block Test: a pilot study in adults with chronic acquired brain injury. Brain Impair. 2024;25:IB24014. doi: 10.1071/IB24014.
Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT).
Evaluates manual dexterity.
- Adaptation: Casaña-Escriche E, Sánchez-Cabeza Á, Huertas-Hoyas E, Valera-Gran D, Navarrete Muñoz E.M. Spanish Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Wolf Motor Function Test for Survivors of Acquired Brain Injury. Healthcare 2025, 13, 1969.
OTHER PUBLISHED ARTICLES.
- Cuesta-García C; Simón-Vicente L; Capeña-Niñoz MG; Navarrete-Muñoz EM. Evaluación de la funcionalidad del miembro superior en personas adultas con daño cerebral adquirido realizado por los/as profesionales de la terapia ocupacional en España, estudio transversal. Journal of Move & Therapeutic Science. 2021; 3(1):m25 https://doi.org/10.37382/jomts.v3i1.467
- Prieto-Botella D, Sánchez-Pérez A, Sánchez-Moreno S, Hurtado-Pomares M, Peral-Gómez P, Espinosa-Sempere C, Juárez-Leal I, Fernández-Pires P, Valera-Gran D, Navarrete-Muñoz E. Identification and Use of Assessment Tools in Spanish Occupational Therapists: An Exploratory Study. Healthcare (Basel). 2022;10(10):1902. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10101902
Project UPDATE
Currently within InstrumenTO we have started two new sub-projects: InstrumenTO-DCA and InstrumenTO-SM
RESEARCHERS of the Project
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE PROJECT

Desirée Valera Gran
PROJECT COLLABORATING RESEARCH TEAM

Iris Juárez Leal

Miriam Hurtado Pomares

Eva María Navarrete Muñoz
Project FINANCING

Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer
(VIPROY21/12)




