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SUBMITTER: McDonough CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5311026 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McDonough Christine M CM Ni Pengsheng P Peterik Kara K Marfeo Elizabeth E EE Marino Molly E ME Meterko Mark M Rasch Elizabeth K EK Brandt Diane E DE Jette Alan M AM Chan Leighton L
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 20161222 3
<h4>Purpose</h4>To expand content of the physical function domain of the Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB), developed for the US Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability determination process.<h4>Methods</h4>Newly developed questions were administered to 3532 recent SSA applicants for work disability benefits and 2025 US adults. Factor analyses and item response theory (IRT) methods were used to calibrate and link the new items to the existing WD-FAB, and computer-a ...[more]