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A systematic review of community participation measures for people with intellectual disabilities
Author(s) -
TaylorRoberts Laura,
Strohmaier Sarah,
Jones Fergal,
Baker Peter
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12565
Subject(s) - international classification of functioning, disability and health , psychology , intellectual disability , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , measure (data warehouse) , community participation , applied psychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , rehabilitation , database , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , psychotherapist , socioeconomics , sociology
Background Community participation is considered a fundamental aspect of quality of life and one of the essential goals of services for people with intellectual disabilities, yet there is no agreed way of measuring community participation. Method Two systematic searches were performed across eight electronic databases to identify measures of community participation and identify validation studies for each measure. Measures were included if they were developed for adults with intellectual disability, measured extent of participation and had published information regarding content and psychometric properties. Each measure was evaluated on the basis of psychometric properties and in relation to coverage of nine domains of community participation from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Results Eleven measures were selected with the quality rating scores varying substantially ranging from 2 to 11 of a possible 16. Conclusions The majority of measures were not sufficiently psychometrically tested. Findings suggest a need for the development of a psychometrically robust instrument.