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ArticleDisability and health journal2015

Work-related measures of physical and behavioral health function: Test-retest reliability.

Molly Elizabeth Marino, Mark Meterko, Elizabeth E Marfeo, Christine M McDonough, Alan M Jette, Pengsheng Ni, Kara Bogusz, Elizabeth K Rasch, Diane E Brandt, Leighton Chan

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  8. Improving measures of work-related physical functioning.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017
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Molly Elizabeth MarinoBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: memarino@bu.edu.
Mark MeterkoBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA; VA Boston Healthcare System, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Boston, MA, USA.
Elizabeth E MarfeoBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA.
Christine M McDonoughBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA.
Alan M JetteBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA.
Pengsheng NiBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA.
Kara BoguszBoston University School of Public Health, Health & Disability Research Institute, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston MA 02118, USA.
Elizabeth K RaschNational Institutes of Health, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Diane E BrandtNational Institutes of Health, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Leighton ChanNational Institutes of Health, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Boston University · USNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center · US

Funding

CLC NIH HHS HHSN269200900004CCLC NIH HHS HHSN269200900004ICLC NIH HHS HHSN269201000011CCLC NIH HHS HHSN269201100009IIntramural NIH HHSPHS HHS HHSN269200900004CPHS HHS HHSN269201000011CPHS HHS HHSN269201100009I
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Abstract

backgroundThe Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB), developed for potential use by the US Social Security Administration to assess work-related function, currently consists of five multi-item scales assessing physical function and four multi-item scales assessing behavioral health function; the WD-FAB scales are administered as Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs).

objectiveThe goal of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the WD-FAB Physical Function and Behavioral Health CATs.

methodsWe administered the WD-FAB scales twice, 7-10 days apart, to a sample of 376 working age adults and 316 adults with work-disability. Intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated to measure the consistency of the scores between the two administrations. Standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimal detectable change (MDC90) were also calculated to measure the scales precision and sensitivity.

resultsFor the Physical Function CAT scales, the ICCs ranged from 0.76 to 0.89 in the working age adult sample, and 0.77-0.86 in the sample of adults with work-disability. ICCs for the Behavioral Health CAT scales ranged from 0.66 to 0.70 in the working age adult sample, and 0.77-0.80 in the adults with work-disability. The SEM ranged from 3.25 to 4.55 for the Physical Function scales and 5.27-6.97 for the Behavioral Health function scales. For all scales in both samples, the MDC90 ranged from 7.58 to 16.27.

conclusionBoth the Physical Function and Behavioral Health CATs of the WD-FAB demonstrated good test-retest reliability in adults with work-disability and general adult samples, a critical requirement for assessing work related functioning in disability applicants and in other contexts.

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Persons with DisabilitiesWorkWork Capacity EvaluationAdultCross-Sectional StudiesDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsUnited StatesUnited States Social Security AdministrationYoung AdultComputer-adaptive testDisability evaluationPsychometricsReliabilityUnited States Social Security Administration

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PMCPMC4570870
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