What is it about?

The VOTES is an assessment tool developed to assess the overall functioning of people with mental illness. It is more useful for adult in-patient settings where people can be assessed weekly/regularly over the admission period to monitor change. It can also be used to review progress in outpatient units. The VOTES is not meant to be a diagnostic tool and hence does not have cut- off scores. The VOTES had been developed keeping the specific needs of the Indian population in mind.

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Why is it important?

There are currently no tools available to assess the overall functioning level of people having mental health issues in India. This tool will be helpful for Occupational Therapists in India to evaluate the level of dysfunction in their patients and hence tailor intervention plans to suit individual requirements.

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This page is a summary of: Development and validation of the Vellore Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale to assess functioning in people with mental illness, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, September 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0020764016664754.
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