Observational studyJournal of occupational rehabilitation2020
Examining Work-Related Functioning in a Physical Therapy Outpatient Clinic: Validity and Reliability of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ).
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- A COSMIN systematic review of generic patient-reported outcome measures in Switzerland.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Reliability and Construct Validity of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire Domains in Patients with Persistent Low Back Pain.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Impact of mental and physical workload on work function in office workers with musculoskeletal disorders.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Employment barriers questionnaire: Development and determination of its reliability and validity.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) into Danish.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Content validity of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) for persons with spinal cord injury: A mixed methods study.Spinal cord · 2022Article
- Usability of self-reported assessment of work functioning in municipal occupational rehabilitation teams: A qualitative study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Measurement Properties of the Full and Brief Version of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire in Persons with Physical Disabilities.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of a Turkish Version of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ-Turkish).Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Measuring Work-Related Functioning Using the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Purpose Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are often associated with long-term sick leave, productivity loss, and reduced work functioning. However, measures that assess work-related functioning are sparse. Objective To assess the psychometric properties of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ)-German version in patients with MSDs in an outpatient physical therapy practice. Methods Psychometric study including patients with MSDs with restricted work participation. Data was collected in a single physical therapy outpatient clinic. For construct validity, we developed a priori hypotheses on the correlation between the functioning part of WORQ (40 items) and other questionnaires with similar concepts. For test-retest reliability, WORQ was administered twice, 7 days apart. We examined internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha) and Minimal Detectable Change (MDC). Feasibility of WORQ was examined using feedback from patients and physical therapists. Results There were 51 study participants. Test-retest of WORQ sum score was 0.80 (p < 0.01) (Spearman's rho). Internal consistency was 0.94 and MDC established at 9.2%. WORQ correlated with general health (r = - 0.49), with HADS (r = 0.55), and with quality of life (WHOQOL) (r = - 0.47). WORQ had the highest correlation with WHODAS 2.0 (r = 0.81). Patients rated WORQ as easy to answer and meaningful to their experience. Conclusions When evaluating self-reported work-related functioning, the WORQ-German version was demonstrated to be a valid, reliable, and easy to administer questionnaire for our sample of patients with MSDs in an outpatient PT clinic.
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