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The Model of Human Occupation Evidence Brief August 2004 www. moho. uic.edu Title Psychometric Properties of the Volitional Questionnaire Authors Li Kielhofner Major Finding The Volitional Questionnaire VQ version 4. 0 can be used in a valid and reliable manner by raters in different settings. Participants Raters consisted of 4 OTs and 1 OT student chosen by convenience sampling Ages 20-76 years old mean 39. 72 years Gender 64 female 36 male Diagnoses 28 were receiving inpatient therapy for psychiatric disabilities 8 were people with disabilities primarily HIV/AIDS living in the community Method A total of 44 ratings were collected* Single raters rated 34 of the participants. The remaining 2 Analysis Rasch analysis using the FACETS computer program* Findings All 14 items were determined to validly measure the construct of volition i*e* all items met fit requirements. The VQ is sensitive enough to detect differences in the 3 levels of volition* The rating scale was used somewhat inequitably as the 2 lower ratings passive and hesitant were used only 20 of the time. Raters were able to use the VQ in a consistent manner but their ratings were not interchangeable. Conclusion The VQ rating scale showed good measurement properties supporting the use of this observational assessment as a tool to identify where clients fall within the volitional continuum* Implications for future research Additional research should further explore the interchangeability of different raters scores and the use of the four-point scale when applied to participants with lower levels of motivation* Evidence based practice implications The VQ can be used to assess volition to set volition-related treatment goals and to monitor volitional change in a variety of contexts. The same clinician should provide ratings to document client change as comparison of different clinician ratings can only be made with caution* Li Y. Kielhofner G* 2004. Psychometric properties of the volitional questionnaire. The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy 13 3 E85-E98. 0 can be used in a valid and reliable manner by raters in different settings. Participants Raters consisted of 4 OTs and 1 OT student chosen by convenience sampling Ages 20-76 years old mean 39. 72 years Gender 64 female 36 male Diagnoses 28 were receiving inpatient therapy for psychiatric disabilities 8 were people with disabilities primarily HIV/AIDS living in the community Method A total of 44 ratings were collected* Single raters rated 34 of the participants. 72 years Gender 64 female 36 male Diagnoses 28 were receiving inpatient therapy for psychiatric disabilities 8 were people with disabilities primarily HIV/AIDS living in the community Method A total of 44 ratings were collected* Single raters rated 34 of the participants. The remaining 2 Analysis Rasch analysis using the FACETS computer program* Findings All 14 items were determined to validly measure the construct of volition i*e* all items met fit requirements. The remaining 2 Analysis Rasch analysis using the FACETS computer program* Findings All 14 items were determined to validly measure the construct of volition i*e* all items met fit requirements. The VQ is sensitive enough to detect differences in the 3 levels of volition* The rating scale was used somewhat inequitably as the 2 lower ratings passive and hesitant were used only 20 of the time.