Journal article
Evaluation of the internal construct validity of the Personal Care Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART) using Rasch analysis
S Darzins, C Imms, MD Stefano, NF Taylor, JF Pallant
BMC Health Services Research | Published : 2014
Abstract
Background: The Personal Care Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART) is a 43-item, clinician-administered assessment, designed to identify patients' unmet needs (participation restrictions) in activities of daily living (ADL) required for community life. This information is important for identifying problems that need addressing to enable, for example, discharge from inpatient settings to community living. The objective of this study was to evaluate internal construct validity of the PC-PART using Rasch methods. Methods: Fit to the Rasch model was evaluated for 41 PC-PART items, assessing threshold ordering, overall model fit, individual item fit, person fit, internal consisten..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported in part, by an Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship, a Postgraduate student grant from La Trobe University and by the Australian Catholic University Faculty Research Student Support Scheme (FRSSS). The funding sources had no role in the conduct of the study or preparation of the report. Data used in this research were gathered during a registered randomized controlled trial (ACTRN 12609000973213), funded by a partnership grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia (ID 541958).