Measuring Occupational Performance: Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy by 
Occupational Therapy Assessments for Older Adults by 
Asher's Occupational Therapy Assessment Tools by | CINAHL Research Instrument Guides |
CINAHL Field Code | CINAHL Subject Headings |
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| Description |
Researched and created by CINAHL staff, Instrument Guides provide information such as:
Note: guides are somewhat outdated--many were produced before 2000 and have not been updated. |
To quickly zero in on articles which have used a specific research instrument, search using "IN" which is the CINAHL field code for Instrumentation. Field codes are 2-letter abbreviations that let you search a specific field within the description of a database record.
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Each of these subject headings may have more specific headings, so be sure to explore the CINAHL thesaurus hierarchies. Scope notes provide a definition for each heading. Key CINAHL subject headings:
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| Instructions |
To browse Guides, leave the search box blank. In the Publication Type drop-down box, click on "Research Instrument". To search for Guides on a certain topic, enter the search term(s) then click on the "Research Instrument" limit in the Publication Type drop-down box. |
In the CINAHL search box, type "IN" (in upper case) followed by your search term, e.g. "IN accidental falls."
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Combine one or more of these subject headings with other search terms in order to identify journal articles which describe the instrumentation used in studies. |