BioPsychoSocial Assessment Tools for the Elderly - Assessment Summary Sheet Test: Box & Blocks Test Year: 1985 Domain: Biological Assessment Tool Category: Physical Function/ADL Variations/Translations: N/A Setting: Clinical Method of Delivery: Any health professional Description: Staff-assessed, patient-completed gross manual dexterity test involving the transference of individual blocks within a partitioned box using dominant then non-dominant hand for a timed 60 seconds. Scoring/Interpretation: The number of blocks successfully transferred becomes the final score. The more blocks transferred the greater the gross manual dexterity. Time to Administer: 2 -3 minutes Availability: Can purchase kit on-line: http://www.wisdomking.com/product/box-block-test Software: Software is included in the kit Website: N/A Quantitative/Qualitative: Quantitative Validity (Quantitative): Desrosiers et al. (1994) stated that the validity of the test is shown by significant correlations between the Box and Blocks Test, an upper limb performance measurement, and a functional independence measurement. Reliability (Quantitative): Desrosiers et al. (1994) state that the test-retest reliability is as high as the intraclass correlation coefficients are 0.89 to 0.97. References: Desrosiers, J., Bravo, G., Hebert, R., et al. (1994). Validation of the Box and Block Test as a measure of dexterity of elderly people: reliability, validity, and norms studies, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 75(7) 751-5. Mathiowetz, V., Volland, G., Kashman, N., and Weber, K., et al. (1985). Adult norms for the Box and Block Test of manual dexterity, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 39 (6), 386-391. Comments: Information regarding the validity and reliability was provided only in Desrosiers et al., in 1994. |