Open AccessThe work ability index and single-item question: associations with sick leave, symptoms, and health – a prospective study of women on long-term sick leave
Author(s) -
Linda Åhlström,
Anna Grimby-Ekman,
Mats Hagberg,
Lotta Dellve
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.2917
Subject(s) - sick leave , medicine , vitality , danish , mental health , gerontology , absenteeism , psychology , demography , clinical psychology , psychiatry , physical therapy , social psychology , linguistics , theology , sociology , philosophy
This study investigated the association between the work ability index (WAI) and the single-item question on work ability among women working in human service organizations (HSO) currently on long-term sick leave. It also examined the association between the WAI and the single-item question in relation to sick leave, symptoms, and health. Predictive values of the WAI, the changed WAI, the single-item question and the changed single-item question were investigated for degree of sick leave, symptoms, and health.