Validation of a self-reported work disability questionnaire for ulcerative colitis
Ramos, Alexis (Burgos Healtcare complex. Digestive Disease Department)
Vergara, Mercedes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Melcarne, Luigi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Sicilia Aladrén, Beatriz (Burgos Healtcare complex. Digestive Disease Department)
Gomollón, Fernando (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Calvet, Xavier (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Ulcerative colitis (UC) may severely limit patients' capacity to work. Recently, we validated a work disability questionnaire (WDQ) for Crohn disease. As UC shares clinical characteristics with Crohn disease, we hypothesized that the questionnaire might also be useful for UC. The study was aimed to validate the WDQ for use in UC. Consecutive patients with UC (n = 142, 67 women; age 48 ± 1) completed the UC-WDQ and the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire-9 (IBDQ-9), and EuroQoL-5D quality-of-life questionnaires. Validation of the UC-WDQ included an assessment of its construct validity, including: discriminant validity, convergent validity, and reproducibility (test-retest). We also calculated the intraclass correlation and the Cronbach alpha. The UC-WDQ is a valid and reliable tool for measuring work disability in patients with UC.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014/SGR-650
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Disability ; Inflammatory bowel disease ; Quality of life ; Self-reported questionnaires ; Ulcerative colitis
Published in:	Medicine, Vol. 97 Núm. 39 (september 2018) , ISSN 1536-5964

DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000012486
PMID: 30278537

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