Responsiveness of four participation measures to changes during and after outpatient rehabilitation.

Objective: To assess the responsiveness of 4 participation measures.

Design: Longitudinal study with repeated measurements at the start (t1) and at the end (t2) of a multidisciplinary out-patient rehabilitation programme, and at 4 months follow-up (t3).

Subjects: Outpatients with different diagnoses (n=395) from 5 rehabilitation centres in The Netherlands.

Reproducibility of three self-report participation measures: The ICF Measure of Participation and Activities Screener, the Participation Scale, and the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation-Participation.

Objective: To assess the reproducibility of 3 participation measures.

Design: Repeated administration of a postal questionnaire with a 2-week interval.

Participants: Outpatients (n = 47) from 2 rehabilitation centres and a university hospital in The Netherlands.