The Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST)
Version 2.0, 2006

Authors: Sue Parkinson, Kirsty Forsyth, & Gary Kielhofner

     The MOHOST is an assessment that addresses the majority of MOHO concepts (volition, habituation, skills, and environment), allowing the therapist to gain an overview of the client's occupational functioning. Developed in Britain by practitioners, the MOHOST seeks to objectify the information a therapist gathers while screening for occupational therapy services. The MOHOST uses a variety of data collection methods and is flexible enough to be used in a variety of intervention settings. Finally, the MOHOST uses language that enables therapist to communicate findings clearly with clients, their families, and other professionals.

The MOHOST addresses client's motivation for occupation, pattern of occupation, communication, process, and motor skills, and environment. The MOHOST was designed to be used to document progress towards occupational therapy intervention goals as well as to screen for occupational therapy services. Extensive rating criteria for each item is provided in the manual. MOHOST Version 2.0 was newly revised based on recent researches and the rating scale criteria have been changed to letter rating scale labels (F= Facilitates occupational participation, A= Allows occupational participation, I= Inhibits occupational participation, R= Restricts occupational participation).

There are four forms provided in manual as follows:

  1. MOHOST Form [for examples click here(USA) or click here(UK)]

  2. Multiple MOHOST Form [for examples click here(USA) or click here(UK)]

  3. MOHOST Data Sheet Single Observation Form

  4. MOHOST Data Sheet Multiple Obervation Form
      [for examples click here(USA) or click here(UK)]

  5. MOHOST Rating Totals Form (Note: In order to open the PDF, you will need a password located on the back of the first page of the latest MOHOST manual.)

To see the evidence brief of the MOHOST factor analysis article, click the reference below:

Kielhofner, G., Fogg, L., Braveman, B., Forsyth, K., Kramer, J., & Duncan, E. (2007). A factor analytic study of the Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool of hypothesized values. [Manuscript submitted for publication, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health].

In MOHOST version 2.0, all forms are available and reproducible in both British English and American English.

The MOHOST assessment is discussed and illustrated with a case in chapter 18 of The Model Of Human Occupation: Theory and Application (Kielhofner, 2008).

Additional information (references, research, and clinical discussion regarding the MOHOST that is currently in the e-MOHO) can be found in the Evidence-Based PracticeEvidence-Based Practice section of this website by selecting this assessment.