The Personal Recovery Outcome Measure (PROM)

The Personal Recovery Outcome Measure (PROM) asks adults receiving mental health services to rate their own sense of recovery in areas like hope, identity, and connection to others. Responses are gathered in their own words rather than through a diagnosis-focused lens. It reflects a "personal recovery" model, where progress is defined by the person's own goals and sense of wellbeing rather than symptom reduction alone.

Also known as the Canadian Personal Recovery Outcome Measure (C-PROM), the tool was built with input from people with lived experience of mental illness and consists of 30 self-report items rated on a 5-point scale, producing a total recovery score without separate subscales. Occupational therapists and mental health clinicians use it in outpatient and community mental health settings with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, or trauma-related conditions, often to track recovery progress over time within a recovery-oriented care model.

• Mental Health Commission of Canada — recovery measurement webinar