Occupational Therapists' Perspective on Remote Service after Initial Experience Trail During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The CMT-2 assessment, a computerized version of the original Contextual Memory Test (CMT), evaluates memory and meta-memory skills. Assessing these skills among adolescents’ is important for the development of interventions improving daily function. The objectives of this study were to evaluate (1) test re-test reliability, (2) internal consistency, (3) and concurrent validity with the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA). Method: Twenty-two Israeli teenagers (12 boys and 10 girls) aged 12-18 years were recruited by convenience sampling. Participants completed the CMT-2 assessment, followed by the WCPA. Results: The reliability between raters was (r=0.94-0.96), indicating good results. Significant positive correlations were found between performance estimations of the immediate and delayed recall memory tasks (internal consistency) (r=0.519, p<0.05), as well as between the total number of strategies used and the total number of items remembered. Moreover, a significant positive correlation was found between the number of strategies and self-awareness (r=0.343, p<0.05). However, concurrent validity with the WCPA measure was not found. Conclusions: The findings of the study suggest that the CMT-2 measure can be used to assess memory and memory strategies in adolescents. Nonetheless, future research is required to adapt the CMT-2 to the Israeli population, and to determine concurrent validity with a different measure evaluating similar cognitive elements.