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Advancing the Measurement of Participation

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Abstract

Whiteneck GG, Bogner JA, Heinemann AW. Advancing the measurement of participation.

The authors of 3 articles in this issue have collaborated in an effort to advance the conceptualization and measurement of participation. These articles offer (1) a new tool for measuring participation, the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools–Objective (PART–O), which combines items from widely used instruments in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation research; (2) 2 methods of scoring 17 items of PART–O, assessing relatively objective social role performance and yielding 3 subscale scores, as well as 2 alternative total scores (including 1 incorporating the concept of balance among types of participation), and (3) 19 enfranchisement items assessing the degree to which people with disability perceive they have the freedom to engage in social roles of their choosing while being accepted and valued by others.

References (4)

  • G.G. Whiteneck et al.

    Development of the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools–Objective for use after traumatic brain injury

    Arch Phys Med Rehabil

    (2011)
  • A.W. Heinemann et al.

    Measuring participation enfranchisement

    Arch Phys Med Rehabil

    (2011)
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    Citation Excerpt :

    Four response options were provided, ranging from 1=strongly disagree to 4=strongly agree. We measured reintegration of the care recipient into the community with the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective, which assesses reentry into and engagement with roles in the community following TBI, a key goal of post-TBI therapy.24-26 Items measured the frequency with which the care recipient engages in the following activities: working for money, providing emotional support for others, using the Internet to communicate, leaving the house, eating in a restaurant, shopping, physical activity outside of the home, going to the movies, attending sporting events, and attending religious services.

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    The Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools–Objective (PART-O) social relations score addresses social relations such as interpersonal interactions and intimate relationships, including frequency of engagement in various family and social activities. The PART-O has been used with a variety of individuals.37 Items are scored on a scale from 0 to 5 to determine an average score, with higher scores indicating greater participation.

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Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research through Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS) awards to the Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System (grant nos. H133A020510, H133A070022); Ohio Regional TBIMS (grant nos. H133A020503, H133A070029); and Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness (grant no. H133B040032).

No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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Published online March 2, 2011 at www.archives-pmr.org

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