The Oxford Participation and Activities Questionnaire (Ox-PAQ) acute version now avaliable!

7th December 2018

In addition to the original Ox-PAQ, an acute version is now available which asks participants to recall their experiences during a much shorter time period of 1 week, rather than 4.

The Oxford Participation and Activities Questionnaire (Ox-PAQ), is a short, 23-item, patient-reported outcome measure developed to assess participation and activity in patients experiencing a range of health conditions.  Testing the effectiveness of interventions which aim to impact upon activities and participation, however, can be challenging without the availability of a well-developed, valid and reliable instrument.

With a growing interest in the management of long-term conditions and keeping people active and participating in daily life; The Ox-PAQ, was developed as a patient-reported outcome measure by researchers within the Health Services Research Unit, part of the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford. It is grounded on the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) and is fully compliant with current best practice guidelines, such as those published by the FDA.

Covering a range of health conditions, the newly available ‘acute’ version of the measure has a reduced recall period of 1 week, rather than asking participants to recall their experiences of having difficulties during the past 4 weeks. The additional change has been developed in hopes of deriving a more accurate response from the participant.

Measurement properties such as the number of questions, content and scoring has remained the same.

For more information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Clinical Outcomes team via healthoutcomes@innovation.ox.ac.uk.

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