Table 4.

The reasons for using assessments (ordered from the top to the lowest reason).

	Reasons for choosing assessment	Frequency	Percent
1	Available where I work	257	79.6
2	I am familiar with the assessment	213	65.9
3	Client-centered	197	61.0
4	Has known reliability and validity	184	57.0
5	Quick to administer	175	54.2
6	Easy to interpret	155	48.0
7	I learned it during my professional training	138	42.7
8	Follows a specific OT frame of reference (FOR)	122	37.8
9	Colleagues recommend its use in practice	110	34.1
10	Taught in the OT educational curriculum	105	32.5
11	Found it through a literature search	104	32.2
12	Developed by an occupational therapist	103	31.9
13	Described in a professional textbook/journal	56	17.3
14	I heard about it at a conference/seminar	40	12.4
15	Satisfies insurance company	29	9.0
16	Follows a specific FOR outside OT profession	26	8.0
17	Newly developed	16	5.0

Note: the participants may indicate more than one reason.