Psychometric properties of the Worker Role Self-assessment instrument used to evaluate unemployed people in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-246

  Wästberg, Birgitta A ^a   Haglund, Lena ^b   Eklund, Mona ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chronic pain; Reliability; Return to work; Stress related disorders; Utility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PAIN CLINIC; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKER ROLE SELF ASSESSMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 72049114435     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038120902730166     Document Type: Article

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