Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) into Danish.
Katrine Baltzer Thygesen, Mette Korshøj, Ida Skovgaard Verpe and 3 others
PMID 37363810WHAT IT FOUND
The Danish Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) is a reliable tool for assessing work ability.
It was easy for patients to understand and use. Therapists can use it to map social, mental, and physical functioning in vocational rehabilitation.
Key findings
01The Danish WORQ showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability for its total score and most subscales.
02Patients and clinicians found the questionnaire easy to understand, though some items required cultural adaptation.
03The tool covers social, mental, and physical functioning using a biopsychosocial approach.
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What it does not show
The study did not include occupational therapists or physiotherapists in the usability testing. The participant group consisted only of individuals not currently working, so the tool's usability for employed workers was not tested. Construct validity was not reported in this paper. The sample size for reliability testing was relatively small (40 participants).
Declared interests
The project was funded by a short-term scholarship at The House of Research, Holbæk Hospital.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume the WORQ measures work ability in a way that predicts rehabilitation outcomes. The study only tested if the questionnaire is reliable and easy to use, not if it effectively evaluates the success of therapy.