Work environment impact scale: Testing the psychometric properties of the Swedish version

Ekbladh, Elin; Fan, Chia Wei; Sandqvist, Jan; Hemmingsson, Helena; Taylor, Renée R.

doi:10.3233/wor-121574

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“…During this session, two standardized assessments using semi-structured interviews were performed. The Work Environment Impact Scale [WEIS] [ 37 , 38 ] was used to identify how psychosocial and physical factors in the work environment affect satisfaction and well-being at work. The Worker Role Interview [WRI] [ 39 , 40 ] was used to identify how psychosocial and environmental factors influence participants’ possibilities of remaining at work, returning to work or getting a job.…”

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Work and everyday life in a digitalized time: Experiences of people with subjective cognitive difficulties related to neurological disorders

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Introduction Digitalization has changed working life and increased cognitive demands on employees in general. Nevertheless, the consequences for employees with cognitive impairments and subjective cognitive difficulties are to a large extent unexplored. The aim of this study was to explore and describe how employees with subjective cognitive difficulties who are performing digital work tasks experience their vocational situation and how this situation influences their everyday life. Methods A qualitative, descriptive, multiple-case study was designed. Self-reports, assessments and qualitative interviews were used to collect data from the seven participants with neurological disorders. The data were analysed using pattern matching. Findings The analysed data formed four categories conceptualized as “Working to my full potential”, “Working, but it is largely up to me”, “Working at the expense of everyday life” and “Working without known difficulties”, and these categories included one to four subcategories. Conclusion Managing subjective cognitive difficulties in vocational situations and everyday life was challenging in a digitalized working life for participants with neurological disorders. To provide equal access to preventive measures and rehabilitation and a sustainable working life, it is important to investigate the influence of subjective cognitive difficulties systematically on work, everyday life and management strategies in people with neurological disorders in digitalized work.

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Work and everyday life in a digitalized time: Experiences of people with subjective cognitive difficulties related to neurological disorders

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“…(157). Testing of the Swedish version shows that psychometric properties were sound across diagnoses and occupations (158).…”

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Mapping Out One’s Own Paths Toward Work: Focus on Experiences of Return to Work After Spinal Cord Injury

2018

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Involving persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) as experts in their lives is important for research to design relevant health care interventions. The purpose of this study was to use photovoice methods to explore experiences of barriers and possibilities in return to work among working adults with SCI. The photovoice group consisted of six persons living with SCI that met weekly over 2 months to share and discuss photos related to return to work. Five themes were identified: (a) there is only one way, (b) welcome back-or not, (c) to be like anyone else-or to be perceived as someone else, (d) friction in the absence of clarity, and (e) finding integrated strategies for everyday life with work. Work was experienced as rewarding and viable, but due to lack of societal and workplace support, a need to map out one's own paths toward work was identified.

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“…This match between the person and the environment is referred to as person-environment fit [7]. The Work Environment Impact Questionnaire (WEIQ) [8] is a new questionnaire for assessing self-perceived work ability (i.e., person-environment fit) within a specific work setting. The WEIQ may be used for preventive purposes to survey how employees perceive their work ability and thereby capture potential conditions that need to be addressed before they become problems, highlighted as an important challenge in order to support people with common mental disorders, as one example [9].…”

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Initial evaluation of measurement properties of the Work Environment Impact Questionnaire (WEIQ) - using Rasch analysis

Ekbladh,

Yngve,

Melin

2024

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Background To provide both preventive and rehabilitative conditions in a workplace, one must understand how employees experience work demands. Such an understanding can be obtained from each individual with valid and quality-assured questionnaires. The Work Environment Impact Questionnaire (WEIQ) is a new questionnaire for measuring employees’ self-perceived work ability in relation to their specific workplace environment. The purpose of this study was to assess the measurement properties in terms of construct validity of the WEIQ. Methods A cross-sectional survey study was conducted with 288 respondents from three different workplaces involving assisted living personnel, vocational rehabilitation personnel and personnel at a research institute. The measurement properties of the WEIQ were assessed according to Rasch Measurement Theory (RMT), including assessment of item-to-sample targeting, threshold ordering, item fit statistics, unidimensionality and reliability. Results Item fit, i.e., fit residuals, item characteristic curves (ICC) and chi square values, were all satisfactory, and no disordered thresholds were present after collapsing the lowest response categories. However, issues with local dependent (LD) item correlations was present in 7.6% cases, four items showed statistically significant differential item functioning (DIF), where 11% of the respondents had person fit residuals outside the recommended range of ± 2.5 and the t-test for unidimensionality did not meet the criterion of 5%. Scale-to-sample targeting and reliability (0.92) were good. LD could be resolved with testlets and at the same time maintaining fit and improving dimensionality, but then the reliability decreased to 0.82. Conclusions This study provides an initial validation of the WEIQ to be used for assessing employees’ self-perceived work ability. Most measurement properties were acceptable, but further exploration of LD, DIF and unidimensionality in additional work settings and with larger sample sizes is warranted. Trial registration Not applicable.

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Work environment impact scale: Testing the psychometric properties of the Swedish version

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Work and everyday life in a digitalized time: Experiences of people with subjective cognitive difficulties related to neurological disorders

Work and everyday life in a digitalized time: Experiences of people with subjective cognitive difficulties related to neurological disorders

Mapping Out One’s Own Paths Toward Work: Focus on Experiences of Return to Work After Spinal Cord Injury

Initial evaluation of measurement properties of the Work Environment Impact Questionnaire (WEIQ) - using Rasch analysis

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