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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • The Executive Function Performance Test (EFPT) is a validated tool for assessing executive function in stroke survivors.
  • Enhancing clinical utility requires expanding assessment options for executive function deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate the Alternate EFPT (aEFPT) with new tasks.
  • To compare the performance of the aEFPT with the original EFPT in poststroke individuals and healthy controls.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 25 poststroke participants and 25 healthy controls.
  • Participants completed a neuropsychological assessment battery, the EFPT, and the aEFPT.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences were observed between EFPT and aEFPT total scores, construct scores, or overall task scores.
  • The aEFPT demonstrated adequate to strong correlations (r² = .59–.83) with established neuropsychological measures.

Conclusions:

  • The aEFPT tasks are comparable in performance to the original EFPT tasks.
  • The aEFPT expands clinical options for occupational therapy practitioners to identify executive function deficits in stroke populations.