Responsiveness, construct and criterion validity of the Personal Care-Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART)

Table 8 Example: two items from each of the PC-PART Self Care and Domestic Life scales

Item Label	Question to patient	Question to key informant	Observation^a	Standard task (done with usual help)	Global response and score
Self Care
Dressing top	Do you get your top dressed?	Does…get his/her top dressed?	Top adequately dressed?	Take off top and put it back on.	OK by self [0]
					OK with Help [0]
					Not OK [1]
Mobility (indoors)	Do you get around in your home OK?	Does…get around in the home OK?	N/A	Mobilise around objects in the room.	OK by self [0]
					OK with Help [0]
					Not OK [1]
Domestic Life
Groceries	Do you get your groceries?	Does…get his/her groceries?	Adequate groceries present?	Clarify situation through discussion.	OK by self [0]
					OK with Help [0]
					Not OK [1]
Laundry	Do you get your clothes laundered regularly?	Does…get clothes laundered regularly?	Absence of dirty laundry?	Clarify situation through discussion.	OK by self [0]
					OK with Help [0]
					Not OK [1]

^aWhen observations are not possible within a clinical setting, situation needs to be clarified through discussion

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