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Test-Retest Reliability, Clinical Usefulness, and Telephone Application of the Work Limitation Questionnaire in
Janayna Avance1, Kênia K P de Menezes2, Augusto Boening1
1Center of Health Sciences, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Purposes:
To measure the test-retest reliability and the clinical usefulness of the Work Limitation Questionnaire, and to compare the in-person with the telephone application.
Methods:
Cross-sectional, exploratory study. The Work Limitation Questionnaire was answered three times: twice in person, to measure test-retest reliability and clinical usefulness, and once, by telephone, to measure the validity of the telephone application.
Results:
Fifty-six individuals (32 men) with mild to moderate disabilities after stroke were included. Test-retest reliability was very high (ICC 0.96; 95% CI 0.94 to 0.98; p < 0.01), the clinical usefulness was high (9 out of 12 points), and the correlation between in-person and telephone applications was high (ρ = 0.7; 95% CI 0.5 to 0.9; p < 0.01). The average productivity loss was 4% (SD 5, min-max 0 to 15%).
Conclusions:
The Work Limitation Questionnaire showed adequate test-retest reliability and clinical usefulness in individuals with stroke. The telephone application produced comparable results to in-person applications. The participants reported low productivity loss, which may be related to the mild impairments of the included sample.
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