Screening for job loss: Development of a work instability scale for traumatic brain injury
| Autor: | John Sloan, Vera Neumann, Alan Tennant, Gill Gilworth, Bruce Rainford, Sophie Eyres, Amy Carey, Debra Bodenham |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Adolescent Work Capacity Evaluation Traumatic brain injury medicine.medical_treatment Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Workload Developmental psychology Interviews as Topic Surveys and Questionnaires Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Rehabilitation Rasch model Reproducibility of Results Rehabilitation Vocational Cognition Middle Aged medicine.disease Work (electrical) Unemployment Brain Injuries Scale (social sciences) Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Brain Injury. 20:835-843 |
| ISSN: | 1362-301X 0269-9052 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02699050600832221 |
| Popis: | Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the concept of work instability (a mis-match between an individual's functional and cognitive abilities and the demands of their job) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and develop a work instability scale specific to this population.Method: Work instability (WI) following TBI was explored through qualitative interviews which were then used to generate items for a work instability scale (WIS). Rasch analysis was used to examine the scaling properties of the TBI-WIS which was then validated against a gold standard of expert vocational assessment by occupational psychologists.Results and conclusion: The resulting measure is a 36 item, self-administered scale which can be scored in three bands indicating low, medium and high risk of job retention problems. The scale meets modern psychometric requirements for measurement and presents an opportunity in routine clinical practice to take positive action to prevent job loss. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|