Abstract
Lenze EJ, Munin MC, Quear T, Dew MA, Rogers JC, Begley AE, Reynolds CF III. The Pittsburgh
Rehabilitation Participation Scale: reliability and validity of a clinician-rated
measure of participation in acute rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004:85:380–4.
Objective
To demonstrate interrater reliability and predictive validity of the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation
Participation Scale (PRPS), a clinician-rated 6-point Likert-type item measuring patient
participation in inpatient rehabilitation sessions.
Design
Prospective measurement of patient participation in physical and occupational therapy
sessions during inpatient rehabilitation.
Setting
University-based, freestanding acute rehabilitation hospital.
Participants
Two hundred forty-two inpatients, primarily elderly, with a variety of impairment
diagnoses (eg, stroke), who were admitted for inpatient rehabilitation.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main outcome measures
Change in the 13 motor items from the FIM™ instrument, from admission to discharge.
Results
The PRPS had high interrater reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.91
for occupational therapists; ICC=.96 for physical therapists). The subjects had mean
PRPS scores ± standard deviation of 4.73±0.76. Mean PRPS scores predicted rehabilitation
outcome (N=242, r=.32, P<.0001), as measured by change in motor FIM. The strength of this association did
not change in a multivariate model that controlled for age, gender, race, impairment
group, medical comorbidity count, length of stay, and admission FIM.
Conclusions
Patient participation during acute inpatient rehabilitation can be easily and reliably
measured, and PRPS scores predict functional outcome. The PRPS may have applicability
in clinical and research outcome measurement.
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☆Supported by the National Institute for Mental Health (grant nos. K23 MH64196, P30 MH52247).
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