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Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI)

 
Original version developed in 1993
WPAI:GH: general health version; WPAI:SHP: specific health problem version; WPAI:AS: allergy specific version
 

Author(s)

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Generic

  • Disease:

All

  • Objective:

To measure work and activity impairment during the past seven days

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Social functioning (incl. work)

  • Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered

Self-administered

Telephone-administered

  • Number of items:

WPAI-GH:6; WPAI-SHP:6; WPAI-AS:9

  • Recall/Observation period:

During the past seven days

 
 

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.

WPAI-GH

Afrikaans English for the UK* Latvian Spanish for Latin America
Bulgarian Filipino Lithuanian Spanish for Mexico
Cantonese Finnish for Finland Malayalam Spanish for Spain
Chinese for China French for Canada* Norwegian for Norway Spanish for the USA
Czech* French for France* Polish for Poland Swedish for Sweden
Danish for Denmark German for Austria* Portuguese for Brazil Tamil
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* German for Germany Portuguese for Portugal Telugu
Dutch for the Netherlands* Greek Punjabi Turkish for Turkey
English for Australia* Hebrew Romanian Ukrainian
English for Canada* Hindi for India Russian for Russia Urdu
English for Hong Kong Hungarian* Slovak
English for India Italian for Italy Slovenian
English for South Africa Korean Spanish for Guatemala

WPAI-SHP

Afrikaans English for New Zealand German for Germany* Spanish for Central America
Arabic English for South Africa Hebrew Spanish for Latin America
Czech English for the UK* Hungarian Spanish for Spain
Danish for Denmark Finnish for Finland Italian for Italy Spanish for the USA
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish) French for Belgium Norwegian for Norway Swedish for Finland
Dutch for the Netherlands* French for Canada Polish for Poland Swedish for Sweden
English for Australia French for France Portuguese for Portugal Turkish for Turkey
English for Canada German for Austria* Russian for Russia

WPAI-AS

French for France*
Japanese for Japan*

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

For more information, please consult the WPAI website

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Reilly MC, Tanner A, Meltzer EO. Work, classroom and activity impairment instruments. Validation studies in allergic rhinitis. Clin Drug Invest 1996;11(5):278-288

Reilly MC, Zbrozek AS, Dukes EM. The Validity and Reproducibility of a Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Instrument. PharmacoEconomics 1993;4(5):353-365

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: January 2012