THE MODIFIED ROLE-CHECKLIST AS A CROSS-CULTURALLY VALID MEASURE OF PARTICIPATION

Summary of symposium: The symposium presents the work of the International Role Alliance for the Study of Participation (IRAP). IRAP's mission is to establish the modified Role-Checklist as a cross-culturally valid measure of... [ view full abstract ]

Summary of symposium:
The symposium presents the work of the International Role Alliance for the Study of Participation (IRAP). IRAP's mission is to establish the modified Role-Checklist as a cross-culturally valid measure of occupational participation. There are 4 abstracts: The first presents the feasibility of translation procedure, the second results examines role examples and their association with occupational participation. Next role examples are used for an ICF-linkage. The fourth presents a scoring system.

Timetable:
15 min introduction
15 min for each abstract
5 min outlook
10 min q&a

Background:
The Role Checklist (RC), theoretically based in the Model of Human Occupation (Kielhofner, 2008), names 10 internalized roles by which individuals identify themselves.

Method:
Methods included: 1) a feasibility study of translation guidelines; 2) a cross-sectional, cross-cultural validation with the ICF, and occupational participation, and 3) utilization of results to establish Version 3 with a scoring mechanism.

Results:
The University of Akureyri Iceland, with Indiana University USA implemented the feasibility study. RC assess a person’s involvement in roles at the level of occupational participation and performance and can be used to measure participation according to the ICF. A scored RCv3 was established.

Conclusion:
The Version-3 is a valid cross-cultural scale with a scoring system that assures cross-study and cross-cultural comparisons.

Application to Practice:
The RC Version 3 is an easy to use tool to guide goal setting, treatment planning and research.

References:
Kielhofner G. A Model of Human Occupation. Theory and Application. 4 ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.