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Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ)

 
Developed in 1998
 

Author(s)

Lerner Debra, PhD; Amick Benjamin 3rd, PhD

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Generic

  • Disease:

All

[ Principally chronic conditions ]

  • Objective:

To assess the on-the-job impact of chronic health problems and/or treatment ("work limitations")

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

[ Employed adults ]

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Physical functioning

Social functioning (incl. work)

[ Health-related job performance and work productivity; also work disability ]

  • Administration mode:

Electronic version

Self-administered

Telephone-administered

  • Number of items:

Original form: 25; Short form: 8

  • Recall/Observation period:

In the past 2 weeks

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

WLQ

Afrikaans English for South Africa Hungarian Spanish for Mexico*
Bulgarian English for the UK Italian for Italy Spanish for Spain*
Czech* Finnish for Finland Norwegian for Norway Spanish for the USA*
Danish for Denmark French for Belgium Polish for Poland Swedish for Finland
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish) French for Canada* Slovak Swedish for Sweden
Dutch for the Netherlands French for France* Spanish for Argentina*
English for Australia* German for Austria* Spanish for Chile*
English for Canada* German for Germany* Spanish for Latin America

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Lerner D, Rogers WH, Chang H. The Work Limitations Questionnaire. QoL Newsletter. 2002;28:9-10 (Full text article)


Lerner D, Reed J, Massarotti E et al. The Work Limitation Questionnaire's Validity and Reliability among Patients with Osteoarthritis (OA). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. Jan, 2002;55(2):197-208


Lerner D, Rogers WH, Chang H. WLQ index: a summary score based on WLQ scale scores for converting scale scores to estimated work productivity loss. draft: February 28, 2002


Lerner D, Amick BC 3rd, Rogers WH, Malspeis S, Bungay K, Cynn D. The Work Limitations Questionnaire: a self-administered instrument for assessing on-the-job work disability. Med Care 2001;39(1):72-85

Last update: May 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2007