Responsiveness of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (Spanish version) in a general working population

José M Ramada1, George L Delclos, Benjamin C Amick

  • 1From the CiSAL-Center for Research in Occupational Health (Drs Ramada, Delclos, and Serra), University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Occupational Health Service (Drs Ramada and Serra), Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service (Dr Pidemunt), and Psychiatry Service (Dr Castaño), Parc de Salut MAR, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (Drs Ramada, Delclos, and Serra), Barcelona, Spain; Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (Drs Delclos and Amick), University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston; Institute for Work & Health (Dr Amick), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine (Drs Abma and Bültmann), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Summary

The Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (Spanish version) (WRFQ-SpV) effectively detects changes over time, supporting its use in evaluative studies. Further research is needed for stable or deteriorating health groups.

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