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Abstract #162943
Audio (mp3) recordingHolly H. Hollingsworth, PhD, David B. Gray, PhD, Kerri A. Morgan, MSOT OTR/L, and Molly D. Listenberger, OTD. Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University, Campus Box 8505, 4444 Forest Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108, 314-286-1630, hollingsworthh@wustl.edu
A project funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) had the objectives to increase health knowledge and healthy behaviors, improve health screening and medical assessments, and decrease the number and severity of secondary conditions experienced by people with mobility impairments. As a part of this project, participants were asked the prevalence of nineteen secondary conditions associated with their condition and to indicate how each condition limited their participation in daily activities. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss three methods to develop a measure of the influence of secondary conditions as related to participation in daily activities. The first two methods used the data from the initial interview of 61 participants of the MFH study. One method was to use Principal Components to provide a factor score. The other method was to use Rasch Analysis to determine a participation score. The third method used the information from several focus groups. The participants of the groups were asked to rank order the nineteen secondary conditions as to how the condition limits participation. From these ranks, coefficients of a linear function to compute a participation score were determined. The presentation will discuss the results of three methods and their utility to measure the influence of secondary conditions on participation in daily activities of people with mobility limitations.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the importance of secondary conditions on the participation of people with mobility impairments.
- Identify the difference between three methods in developing a measure of secondary conditions.
- Describe the utility of a secondary conditions measure.
Keywords: Disability, Health Assessment
Related Web page: enablemob.wustl.edu
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA