PART-O - Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective

Overview

Purpose
Measure community and society participation following traumatic brain injury
Respondents
  • Proxy
  • Person with a Disability
Administration Method
Interview
Administration Mode
Phone
Developer
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research’s Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. The original PART-O included 24 items derived or modified from three measures commonly found in the TBI literature: Community Integration Questionnaire (Willer, Ottenbacher and Coad, 1994); Participation Objective, Participation Subjective (Brown, Dijkers, Gordon et al., 2004); and the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (Whiteneck, Charlifue, Gerhart et al., 1992).
Item Count
24
Population
Traumatic Brain Injury

Instrument Citation(s)

Bogner, J. (2013). The Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective. The
Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury. http://www.tbims.org/combi/parto

Bogner, J.A., Whiteneck, G.G., Corrigan, J.D., Lai, J., Dijkers, M.P., & Heinemann, A.W. (2011).
Comparison of scoring methods for the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools –
Objective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 552-563.

Whiteneck, G.G., Dijkers, M.P., Heinemann, A.W., Bogner, J.A., Bushnik, T., Cicerone, K.D., Corrigan, J.D.,
Hart, T., Malec, J.F., & Millis, S.R. (2011). Development of the Participation Assessment with
Recombined Tools – Objective for use after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 542-551.

Instrument Domains

DomainNumber of Items
Community Inclusion23
Employment1
Meaningful activity16
Social connectedness and relationships7
Transportation2
Resources and settings to facilitate inclusion0
Holistic Health and Functioning1
Individual health and functioning1
Health promotion and prevention0
Caregiver Support0
Access to resources0
Family caregiver/natural support involvement0
Family caregiver/natural support wellbeing0
Training and skill-building0
Choice and Control0
Choice of services and supports0
Personal choices and goals0
Personal freedoms and dignity of risk0
Self-direction0
Consumer Leadership in System Development0
Evidence of meaningful caregiver involvement0
Evidence of meaningful consumer involvement0
System supports meaningful consumer involvement0
Equity0
Availability0
Equitable access and resource allocation0
Transparency and consistency0
Fluctuation of Need0
Human and Legal Rights0
Freedom from abuse and neglect0
Informed decision-making0
Optimizing the preservation of legal and human rights0
Privacy0
Supporting individuals in exercising their human and legal rights0
Level of Caregiver Well-Being0
Person-Centered Planning and Coordination0
Assessment0
Coordination0
Person-centered planning0
Service Delivery and Effectiveness0
Delivery0
Person's needs met and goals realized0
System Performance and Accountability0
Data management and use0
Evidence-based practice0
Financing and service delivery structures0
Workforce0
Adequately compensated with benefits0
Culturally competent0
Demonstrated competencies when appropriate0
Person-centered approach to services0
Safety of and respect for the worker0
Staff Turnover0
Sufficient workforce numbers dispersion and availability0
Workforce engagement and participation0

Psychometric Citation

  • Whiteneck, G.G., Dijkers, M.P., Heinemann, A.W., Bogner, J.A., Bushnik, T., Cicerone, K.D., Corrigan, J.D.,
    Hart, T., Malec, J.F., & Millis, S.R. (2011). Development of the Participation Assessment with
    Recombined Tools – Objective for use after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical
    Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 542-551.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Mean=36.6 years

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    The U.S.: AL, CA, CO, MN, NJ, NY, OH, and PA

    Sample: Disability Type

    Traumatic Brain Injury

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    71%

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    74% white;
    12% black;
    11% Hispanic;
    3% other races

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Not Reported

    Sample: Size

    400

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    IRT: person reliability = .86.

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a single factor;

    Correlations with legacy measures ranged from .36 to .83;

    Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)

    Correlations with other participation and functional measures ranged from .32 to .66 (in absolute value)

    Study design
    Cross-sectional