Measuring Disability: An Examination of Differences Between the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning and the American Community Survey Disability Questions

Weeks, Julie D; Madans, Jennifer H.; Maitland, Aaron

doi:10.15620/cdc:107202

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“…1 Significantly different from nonveterans (p < 0.05). 2 Significantly different from women among nonveterans (p < 0.05). NOTES: Estimates are based on responses to the question, "During the past 12 months, did you receive physical therapy, speech therapy, rehabilitative therapy, or occupational therapy?"…”

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“…1 Significantly different from nonveterans (p < 0.05) 2. Significant linear trend by education among both veterans and nonveterans (p < 0.05).…”

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“…The aim of physical, speech, rehabilitative, and occupational therapy is to restore health, independence, and quality of life by addressing a range of health-related conditions that limit people's abilities to perform functional activities in their daily lives (1). Because functional ability is closely related to participation in society, it is an important dimension of health (2). Veterans have greater prevalence of disability and chronic pain than nonveterans (2,3), which may limit functional abilities.…”

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Physical, Speech, Rehabilitative, or Occupational Therapy Use Among Adults Aged 25–64, by Veteran Status: United States, 2019–2020

Boersm¹,

Cohen²

2022

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“…1 Significantly different from nonveterans (p < 0.05) 2. Significant linear trend by education among both veterans and nonveterans (p < 0.05).…”

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Physical, Speech, Rehabilitative, or Occupational Therapy Use Among Adults Aged 25–64, by Veteran Status: United States, 2019–2020

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Cohen²

2022

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“…The disability questions recommended for use by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 24 are those currently used in the American Community Survey (ACS) and currently or previously used in at least 15 other national surveys administered by federal agencies. 25 A second set of disability questions developed in 2006 by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG), a City Group chartered by the United Nations Statistical Commission, 26 are currently used in two national surveys. 26…”

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“…25 A second set of disability questions developed in 2006 by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG), a City Group chartered by the United Nations Statistical Commission, 26 are currently used in two national surveys. 26…”

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Disability Documentation in the National Health Interview Survey and Its Consequence: Comparing the American Community Survey to the Washington Group Disability Measures

Landes,

Swenor,

Vaitsiakhovich

2023

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Background and Objective. The objective of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is to provide data that can be used to monitor the health of the US population. In this study, we evaluate whether the disability questions currently used in the NHIS, the Washington Group questions, threaten the ability of this survey to fulfil its stated objective for disabled people. Methods. Data were from the 2011-2012 NHIS with linkage to mortality status through 2019. We examined the percentage and characteristics of people reporting a disability in the American Community Survey (ACS) disability questions who were documented as such in the Washington Group (WG) disability questions. We then examined the consequence of use of the WG, as opposed to the ACS questions, on estimates of disability prevalence and comparative mortality risk. Results. We find that when compared to their predecessor, the American Community Survey disability questions, the Washington Group questions account for less than half of disabled people, primarily documenting disabled people with a more than one disability status, but excluding many disabled people with only one disability status. As a result of these exclusions, disability prevalence rates based on the Washington Group questions underestimate the size of the disabled population in the US, and overestimate the comparatively higher mortality risk associated with disability status. Conclusions. These results underscore the need to re-evaluate the disability questions used in the NHIS, and invest in the development of improved and expanded disability questionnaires for use in national surveys.

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Disparities in Tobacco Use by Disability and Type: Findings From the 2019 National Health Interview Survey

Schulz

West

Hall

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American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Measuring Disability: An Examination of Differences Between the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning and the American Community Survey Disability Questions

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

Physical, Speech, Rehabilitative, or Occupational Therapy Use Among Adults Aged 25–64, by Veteran Status: United States, 2019–2020

Physical, Speech, Rehabilitative, or Occupational Therapy Use Among Adults Aged 25–64, by Veteran Status: United States, 2019–2020

Disability Documentation in the National Health Interview Survey and Its Consequence: Comparing the American Community Survey to the Washington Group Disability Measures

Disparities in Tobacco Use by Disability and Type: Findings From the 2019 National Health Interview Survey

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