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Measuring communicative participation: a review of self-report instruments in speech-language pathology
Tanya L Eadie1, Kathryn M Yorkston, Estelle R Klasner
1Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. teadie@u.washington.edu
Purpose:
To assess the adequacy of self-report instruments in speech-language pathology for measuring a construct called communicative participation.
Method:
Six instruments were evaluated relative to (a) the construct measured, (b) the relevance of individual items to communicative participation, and (c) their psychometric properties.
Results:
No instrument exclusively measured communicative participation. Twenty-six percent (n = 34) of all items (N = 132) across the reviewed instruments were consistent with communicative participation. The majority (76%) of the 34 items were associated with general communication, while the remaining 24% of the items were associated with communication at work, during leisure, or for establishing relationships. Instruments varied relative to psychometric properties.
Conclusions:
No existing self-report instruments in speech-language pathology were found to be solely dedicated to measuring communicative participation. Developing an instrument for measuring communicative participation is essential for meeting the requirements of our scope of practice.
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