Psychometric Characteristics and Cultural Interpretation of LOTCA Visual Subtests Among Adults in Taiwan
Chia-Hui Hung, Ling-Jie Hung, Wan-Yi Hung, Shih-Chen Fan, Hsiao-Ping Chiu · 2026
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Chia-Hui Hung and co-authors published this 2026 study on whether a standard visual-cognition test keeps its shape in Taiwanese hands. The Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment uses picture tasks to probe perception and construction, but language and learned drawing habits vary by culture. One hundred one community adults with intact global cognition in Taiwan took selected visual subtests.
The test's internal consistency ran low, and factor analysis found two groupings that do not match the original structure: drawing a clock stood alone on its own factor. Age and gender effects concentrated on shape identification and copying a two-dimensional model. Video review of sessions added cultural reading of how tasks were approached. The authors caution that imported norms and factor labels should not be trusted until local performance is mapped.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chia-Hui Hung, Ling-Jie Hung, Wan-Yi Hung, Shih-Chen Fan, Hsiao-Ping Chiu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |