title: Measuring communicative participation: a review of self-report instruments in speech-language pathology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the adequacy of self-report instruments in speech-language pathology for measuring a construct called communicative participation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six instruments were evaluated relative to (a) the construct measured, (b) the relevance of individual items to communicative participation, and (c) their psychometric properties.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No instrument exclusively measured communicative participation. Twenty-six percent (n = 34) of all items (N = 132) across the reviewed instruments were consistent with communicative participation. The majority (76%) of the 34 items were associated with general communication, while the remaining 24% of the items were associated with communication at work, during leisure, or for establishing relationships. Instruments varied relative to psychometric properties.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No existing self-report instruments in speech-language pathology were found to be solely dedicated to measuring communicative participation. Developing an instrument for measuring communicative participation is essential for meeting the requirements of our scope of practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. teadie@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Tanya L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Eadie
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yorkston
authors.forename: Estelle R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Klasner
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Dudgeon
authors.forename: Jean C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Deitz
authors.forename: Carolyn R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Baylor
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amtmann
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome