Assessment of Participation within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): The Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Participation Scale.
Onur Altuntaş, Esma Özkan, Barkın Köse and 3 others
PMID 34629995WHAT IT FOUND
The Turkish version of the Participation Scale is a reliable tool for identifying participation constraints in low-income university students.
It consistently measures two aspects of life: work-related participation and general participation. This allows therapists to pinpoint specific barriers to social and academic integration in this group.
Key findings
01The Turkish Participation Scale demonstrated good internal consistency and test-retest reliability in low-income university students.
02Factor analysis confirmed a two-factor structure for the scale, separating work-related participation from general participation.
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What it does not show
The study only included low-income students without disabilities, so it is unclear if the scale performs the same way in populations with health conditions. The sample was heavily skewed towards female participants (86.8%) and occupational therapy students. The researchers could not test external validity (convergent validity) because no other validated Turkish participation scales existed to compare it against.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this scale is validated for patients with disabilities or chronic health conditions. The study specifically excluded these groups to test the tool in a healthy, low-income student population, so its performance in clinical rehabilitation settings remains unknown.