Intermethod reliability and factors affecting recall with the Temple University Community Participation measure

Abstract

Background: Increased interest in promoting community inclusion of adults with serious mental illnesses will necessitate advances in measuring community participation as an outcome of such efforts.

Aims: The primary aim of this study is to examine the intermethod reliability of the Temple University Community Participation (TUCP) measure with a daily checklist approach. Secondary aims are to explore the influence of frequency and importance of participation on recall consistency.

Method: One hundred and seven individuals diagnosed with a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, or major depression completed a daily checklist of community participation in 25 areas. Approximately 30 days later they completed the TUCP measure involving recall of participation in these same areas.

Results: TUCP responses were highly correlated with totals from the daily checklists. Participation areas with more participation days have higher TUCP-diary checklist correlations. Importance of the participation area did not appear to affect correlations.

Conclusions: The TUCP is a usable and relatively unobtrusive measure of community participation. Modest evidence found that more frequent events were recalled more consistently.

• Community inclusion
• community participation
• measurement
• reliability

Declaration of interest

The contents of this publication were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) grant H133B100037 (Salzer, Principal Investigator). However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and endorsement by the federal government should not be assumed.