Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #113358

David Gray, PhD¹, Holly Hollingsworth, PhD², and Kerri Morgan, MS OTR/L². (1) Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8505, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108, (314) 286-1658, grayda@msnotes.wustl.edu, (2) Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University, 4444 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108

People with mobility limitations (PWML) often experience changes in participating in major life activities as a result of their physical limitations and the barriers encountered in their environment. During a three-year project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Disability and Health a dynamic measurement system was developed that assesses participation and environmental factors. This dynamic measurement system consists of two surveys: the Participation Survey for people with mobility limitations (PARTS/M) and the Facilitators and Barriers Survey for people with mobility limitations (FABS/M). Each domain of PARTS/M specifically relates to the activity/participation (d) domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. The PARTS/M is useful for examining the participation of PWML in their lived environments while using their available assitive technology and personal assistance. The FABS/M provides an overview of barriers and facilitators in the environments visited by PWML. A purposive sample of over 600 individuals with mobility limitations completed the surveys. This poster will specifically report test retest reliability and internal consistency statistics per domain. The scoring process for the measurement system will be described. Paper, electronic copies and web access to the surveys, instructions on how they should be administrated and data analysis techniques will be available at the poster session.

Learning Objectives:

• 1)Understand “participation” and “environmental factors” as these apply to persons with mobility impairments
• 2)Learn the range of public health uses of these survey instruments for identifying and measuring the impact of the physical, social and built environments on participation in major life activities for people with mobility limitations
• 3)Become aware that participation by people with mobility limitations in major life activities may be assessed by more than frequency count. Choice, satisfaction, importance, physical limitations, assistive technology, personal assistance and environmental; factors all need to be included.

Keywords: Disability, Outcome Measures

Related Web page: enablemob.wustl.edu/

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.