DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATION MEASUREMENT QUESTIONNAIRE [PMQ]
DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATION MEASUREMENT QUESTIONNAIRE [PMQ]

Summary/Abstract: Intending to analyze the specifics of participation of visually impaired persons and its potential factors, we were unable to identify an instrument for measuring participation to be adequate for the special group with vision impairments we had in focus and for the context of our country, or which could be adapted without too much difficulty. In this article, we presented the motivation for the PMQ development, its advantages in comparison with other instruments for measuring objective participation and a justification for the difficulty of adapting an alternative instrument PART-O-17, stating the changes that we have considered necessary for the adaptation and improvement of the questionnaire. Whereas they would have been numerous, assuming significant changes on items and scales level, we concluded that adapting the instrument was no longer an option, so we developed PMQ as an alternative for the objective measurement of participation while remaining grateful to PART-O-17 authors that provided the general framework and valuable suggestions concerning areas of participation, scoring method, and suggestions for the formulation of some questions. In essence, compared to the instruments identified at the international level, the PMQ is more relevant to the specifics of our country and of the group being investigated, representing at the same time a proposal of an instrument for measuring the objective participation, also adaptable and usable in other populations.

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