SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY docx

[...]... OF WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS 53 Methodological Research on Survey Measurement of Disability, 53 Implications of Different Concepts for Survey Measurement, 56 Sampling, Accessing, and Measuring People with Disabilities, 58 Questionnaire Development Issues for Measures of Work Disability, 60 Role of Environment in Survey Measurement of Disability, 62 5 AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH IN SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF WORK. .. theoretical work on the disablement process, to facilitate future survey and epidemiological research, and to enhance understanding of disability on the part of professionals as well as the general public A commonly understood language can also influence the development of public policy in the area of work disability, the focus of the Institute of Medicine’s workshop titled Survey Measurement of Work Disability. ”... highlight some of the pressing research needs in the area of work disability. ” THE CONCEPT OF DISABILITY A common understanding of the term disability is an essential first step to a scholarly exchange about the concept of work disability and is the foundation for a fruitful discussion of improving survey research in the general area of disability and, more specifically, in the area of work disability. .. monitoring of this population Such a plan needs an 1 2 SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY initial assessment of the current practices and future challenges for measurement of disability by use of household surveys Across the various surveys now in place, diversity exists in conceptual definitions of disability, in the nature of reference periods used for recall, in reporting rules for answering disability. .. have some degree of work disability In measuring work 22 SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY disability, a clear definition of the threshold used needs to be made Alternatively, a continuous measurement needs to be undertaken Duration or Chronicity There is a pervasive assumption that work disability is a long-term state Stereotypes about disability are dominated by the archetype of a person who uses... systematically restrict participation, irrespective of the nature and demands of the actual work tasks THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL ROLES To understand fully how Nagi’s definition of disability and the ICIDH definition of handicap can be applied to the area of work disability, one must under- CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY 15 stand the concept of social role and tasks from a sociological... Chapters 2 and 3 of this report, respectively 4 SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY 2 Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability Alan M Jette Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Elizabeth Badley Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit The University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The field of disability research is in need of uniform... individual’s environment Consistent with Nagi’s concept of disability, an individual’s physical and mental limitations would not invariably lead to work disability Not all physical or mental conditions would precipitate a work disability, and similar patterns of work disability may result from different CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY 7 types of health conditions Furthermore, identical... of some of the contemporary definitions of disability found in the literature; 2 discuss these definitions in the context of several major disablement frameworks; 3 discuss the concept of work disability in the context of these disablement models and relate it to other health-related phenomena; 4 critically review the conceptual basis of frequently used survey items that attempt to assess work disability ;... measures of work disability, the measurement error properties of these questions, and the essential survey conditions that affect the measurement of disability; 2 aid the committee in advising SSA on methods for measuring work disability in the DES and on ways to facilitate crosswalks between the DES and data collected in other federal household surveys; and 3 identify a research agenda for SSA in survey measurement . for Measures of Work Disability, 60 Role of Environment in Survey Measurement of Disability, 62 5 AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH IN SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY 64 Coverage Error, 65 Measurement. develop- ment of public policy in the area of work disability, the focus of the Institute of Medicine’s workshop titled Survey Measurement of Work Disability. ” The cur- rent lack of a uniform. Measurement of Work Disability, 20 Direct Assessment of Work Disability, 24 Conclusion, 27 3 METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF WORK DISABILITY 28 Background, 29 Sources of Error in the Survey