[The occupational therapy assessment: implementation in practice]

The "Ergotherapeutische Assessment" (EA, occupational therapy assessment instrument) is designed as a generic instrument assessing disabilities with consequences on everyday life. It is tested for its practicability and measurement properties and suitable for adult patients treated with occupational therapy. It can be used for routine documentation, as a result-indicator for data based quality management and in outcome research. The EA is integrated in an assessment network currently in development intended for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy and, optionally, for further professions. The profession-specific approach should enhance the intrinsic motivation for self-evaluation and thus the learning organisation.