The ‘Checklist of Leisure, Interests and Participation’: A contemporary leisure checklist

The Modified Interest Checklist (MIC) is a commonly used occupational therapy tool used to assess people's leisure and interests. The tool was created in 1982 and is outdated for modern activities that people like to do in their spare time. This tool is typically used to understand what activities people like, dislike, and would like to do. This study aimed to develop and update the tool that includes contemporary activities such as social media and video games. The study included four online surveys in total. The first survey explored participants views of whether the MIC included modern activities that people like to do. A second survey was developed with a new tool called the Checklist of Leisure, Interests and Participation (CLIP) and asked people for feedback. More than 50% of the respondents from survey one and two indicated a need for an updated tool. A third survey gained further feedback on the CLIP. The final survey explored occupational therapists' perspective on whether the tool could be used with patients. The tool was viewed as suitable for patient use in Australian by occupational therapist and would be beneficial to understand people's leisure interests. This tool could be used by occupational therapists who work with adults in a range of settings such as mental and physical health settings. The surveys were collected online through social media, which could limit the variety of interests from the people who responded to the survey. This study provides information on how people like to spend their time. Further research is required to understand how occupational therapists can use this tool in more practice settings.