title: 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.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Rehabilitation Sciences , Temple University , Philadelphia , PA , USA , and.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Salzer
authors.affiliation: b Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kottsieper
authors.affiliation: a Department of Rehabilitation Sciences , Temple University , Philadelphia , PA , USA , and.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brusilovskiy
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D057189:Checklist; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D058992:Social Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Community inclusion; community participation; measurement; reliability