ArticleArchives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2015
Work disability functional assessment battery: feasibility and psychometric properties.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Updating the Evidence on Functional Capacity Evaluation Methods: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
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- Functional improvement is a better predictor of steady work than medical improvement for individuals with mental health conditions.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Functional improvement is a better predictor of steady work than medical improvement for individuals with mental health conditions.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Linking job duties, functioning, and employment status using the Work-Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB): An expert coding and quantitative analysis.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Demographic and functional differences among social security disability claimants.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- exploring counselor-client agreement on clients' work capacity in established and consultative dyads.Journal of employment counseling · 2020Article
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Improved Work-Disability Functional Assessment Battery.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB).Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2019Article
- Measuring Work Related Physical and Mental Health Function: Updating the Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) Using Item Response Theory.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Validation of the Work-Disability Physical Functional Assessment Battery.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Improving Assessment of Work Related Mental Health Function Using the Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB).Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Improving measures of work-related physical functioning.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Work-related measures of physical and behavioral health function: Test-retest reliability.Disability and health journal · 2015Article
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objectiveTo assess the feasibility and psychometric properties of 8 scales covering 2 domains of the newly developed Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB): physical function (PF) and behavioral health (BH) function.
designCross-sectional study.
settingCommunity.
participantsAdults (N=973) unable to work because of a physical (n=497) or a mental (n=476) disability.
interventionsNot applicable.
main outcome measuresEach disability group responded to a survey consisting of the relevant WD-FAB scales and existing measures of established validity. The WD-FAB scales were evaluated with regard to data quality (score distribution, percentage of "I don't know" responses), efficiency of administration (number of items required to achieve reliability criterion, time required to complete the scale) by computerized adaptive testing (CAT), and measurement accuracy as tested by person fit. Construct validity was assessed by examining both convergent and discriminant correlations between the WD-FAB scales and scores on same-domain and cross-domain established measures.
resultsData quality was good, and CAT efficiency was high across both WD-FAB domains. Measurement accuracy was very good for PF scales; BH scales demonstrated more variability. Construct validity correlations, both convergent and divergent, between all WD-FAB scales and established measures were in the expected direction and range of magnitude.
conclusionsThe data quality, CAT efficiency, person fit, and construct validity of the WD-FAB scales were well supported and suggest that the WD-FAB could be used to assess PF and BH function related to work disability. Variation in scale performance suggests the need for future work on item replenishment and refinement, particularly with regard to the Self-Efficacy scale.
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