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  • Rehabilitation medicine
  • Health services research

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  • Global policy shifts emphasize work reintegration for individuals with remaining work capacity.
  • New assessment tools are needed to evaluate work capacity effectively.
  • The Social Medical Work Capacity instrument (SMWC) was developed to address biopsychosocial aspects of functioning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the content validity of the SMWC.
  • To compare the SMWC with established International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core sets.
  • To identify areas for improvement in the SMWC for work capacity assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search for relevant ICF core sets.
  • Content mapping of identified ICF core sets against the SMWC.
  • Comparative analysis of the SMWC's content with ICF core sets.

Main Results:

  • Two work-related and 31 disease-specific ICF core sets were identified.
  • The SMWC demonstrated overlap with work-related core sets, particularly in Body Functions and Activities and Participation.
  • Environmental factors, especially social and domestic aspects, were under-represented in the SMWC compared to ICF core sets.

Conclusions:

  • The SMWC possesses relevant content for work capacity assessment but requires enhancement for comprehensiveness.
  • Recommendations include incorporating personal and environmental factors (work- and social-related).
  • Tailoring the SMWC for specific diseases or illnesses is advised to improve biopsychosocial assessments.