Internal consistency and validity of a new physical workload questionnaire

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 980-986

  Bot, S D M ^a,b   Terwee, C B ^b   Van Der Windt, D A W M ^b   Feleus, A ^c   Bierma Zeinsfra, S M ^c   Knol, D L ^b   Bouter, L M ^b   Dekker, J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPLOYEE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL WORKLOAD QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 9444248163     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011213     Document Type: Article

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