Journal article
Development of the Huntington Disease Work Function Scale
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.54(10), pp.1300-1308
10/2012
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825f30ab
PMCID: PMC3466392
PMID: 22995807
Abstract
Objective:
A work function measure specific for persons with prodromal Huntington disease (HD) was created to assist with workplace accommodations.
Methods:
A self-report HD Work Function (HDWF) measure was developed from focus group and expert validation.
Results:
Pilot studies with 238 people with prodromal HD, and 185 companions; and 89 people without prodromal HD, and 70 companions indicate that HDWF has acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.77), acceptable interrater reliability (r = 0.58), and acceptable convergent validity with selected items from the Endicott Work Productivity Scale (r = −0.56), Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report (r = −0.29), and Everyday Cognition (r = −0.70). The HDWF can distinguish between people with prodromal HD and people with an HD family history who do not have prodromal HD (P < 0.0001).
Conclusions:
The HDWF is a brief self-assessment that may be used to monitor work function.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development of the Huntington Disease Work Function Scale
- Creators
- Bradley Brossman - Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467Janet K Williams - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242Nancy Downing - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242James A Mills - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242Jane S Paulsen - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242PREDICT-HD Investigators and Coordinators of the Huntington Study Group
- Contributors
- Hans J Johnson (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.54(10), pp.1300-1308
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825f30ab
- PMID
- 22995807
- PMCID
- PMC3466392
- NLM abbreviation
- J Occup Environ Med
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2012
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing; The Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging; The Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence; Iowa Informatics Initiative
- Record Identifier
- 9984003446702771
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