The Role-Checklist QP:V2 as a measure of participation according to the ICF
At a glance
- Project leader : Ursula Meidert, Prof. Dr. Patricia Scott
- Project team : Prof. Tore Bonsaksen, Prof. Dr. Kirsty Forsyth, Prof. Dr. Lena Haglund, Susan Prior, Prof. Dr. Takashi Yamada
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Internal , Foundation (Stiftung für Ergotherapie Zürich)
- Contact person : Ursula Meidert
Description
Backgroud:
The Role Checklist V2:QP is an assessment for Occupational
Therapists to assess participation, satisfaction with role
performance, and role desirability for ten common roles of their
clients. It is based on the original Role Checklist (Oakley et al.,
1986). The Role Checklist V2:QP is theoretically based in the Model
of Human Occupation (MOHO) which has been found to be consistent
with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health (ICF). MOHO supports that roles enable individuals to
participate in society. This concept is consistent with the World
Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of participation as
“involvement in a life situation”. Howeve, outside of Occupational
Therapy the measurement of participation according to the ICF is
considered as problematic.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to empirically test the hypothesis
that the ten roles of the Role Checklist V2: QP are represented in
the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and
Health (ICF) participation categories and therefore can be used to
measure an individual’s participation in society.
Method:
A cross-sectional survey of 295 respondents from Japan, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA provided 7250 examples
for participation in a role. 163 Examples were excluded from
further analysis as they were ambiguous in meaning. The remaining
7087 examples were linked to the ICF categories of the Activities
and Participation section by two independent raters.
Results and Conclusion:
6919 examples could be linked to the 3rd and 4th level qualifiers
of the ICF, resulting in a 97.6% match. Thus the study showed
that the roles in the Role Checklist V2:QP are well represented in
the ICF categories of participation. The instrument is therefore
useful in rehabilitation to measure and report on participation
patterns and therapy outcomes, in a manner consistent with the
ICF.
Publications
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Meidert, Ursula; Bonsaksen, Tore; Scott, Patricia J,
2018.
Clinical Rehabilitation.
32(11), pp. 1530-1539.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215518782339
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Bonsaksen, Tore; Meidert, Ursula; Schuman, Deana; Kvarsnes, Hildegunn; Haglund, Lena; Prior, Susan; Forsyth, Kirsty; Yamada, Takashi; Scott, Particia,
2015.
Does the Role Checklist measure occupational participation?.
The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.
3(3).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1175