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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2017

Improving measures of work-related physical functioning.

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

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. 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 · 2021
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  5. The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB).Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2019
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  7. Procedures to develop a computerized adaptive test to assess patient-reported physical functioning.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018
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  8. Validation of the Work-Disability Physical Functional Assessment Battery.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2018
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10 authors.

Christine M McDonoughHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. cmm@bu.edu.
Pengsheng NiHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Kara PeterikHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Elizabeth E MarfeoHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Molly E MarinoHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Mark MeterkoHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Elizabeth K RaschRehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Diane E BrandtRehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Alan M JetteHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, T5W, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Leighton ChanRehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

Analyzing the SSA Disability Evaluation ProcessZIACL060065 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI CHAN, LEIGHTON · 2009 to 2025
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CLC NIH HHS HHSN269200900004CCLC NIH HHS HHSN269200900004ICLC NIH HHS HHSN269201000011CCLC NIH HHS HHSN269201100009ICLC NIH HHS HHSN269201200005C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo expand content of the physical function domain of the Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB), developed for the US Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability determination process.

methodsNewly developed questions were administered to 3532 recent SSA applicants for work disability benefits and 2025 US adults. Factor analyses and item response theory (IRT) methods were used to calibrate and link the new items to the existing WD-FAB, and computer-adaptive test simulations were conducted.

resultsFactor and IRT analyses supported integration of 44 new items into three existing WD-FAB scales and the addition of a new 11-item scale (Community Mobility). The final physical function domain consisting of: Basic Mobility (56 items), Upper Body Function (34 items), Fine Motor Function (45 items), and Community Mobility (11 items) demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties.

conclusionsThe WD-FAB offers an important tool for enhancement of work disability determination. The FAB could provide relevant information about work-related functioning for initial assessment of claimants; identifying denied applicants who may benefit from interventions to improve work and health outcomes; enhancing periodic review of work disability beneficiaries; and assessing outcomes for policies, programs and services targeting people with work disability.

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Quality of LifeWork Capacity EvaluationAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPersons with DisabilitiesPsychometricsQuality ImprovementReproducibility of ResultsUnited StatesUnited States Social Security AdministrationDisability evaluationQuestionnairesWork disability

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