Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity of the Danish Version of the Readiness for Return to Work Instrument

Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt*, Anne Mette Hedeager Momsen, Thomas Lund, Therese Koops Grønborg, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Chris Jensen, Janne Skakon, Merete Labriola

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Abstract

The objective of the present study was to translate and validate the Canadian Readiness for Return To Work instrument (RRTW-CA) into a Danish version (RRTWDK) by testing its test–retest and internal consistency reliability and its structural and construct validity. Cross-cultural adaptation of the six-staged RRTW-CA instrument was performed in a standardised, systematic five-step-procedure; forward translation, panel synthesis of the translation, back translation, consolidation and revision by researchers, and finally pre-testing. This RRTW-DK beta-version was tested for its psychometric properties by intra-class correlation coefficient and standard error of measurement (n = 114), Cronbach’s alpha (n = 471), confirmatory factor analyses (n = 373), and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (n = 436) in sickness beneficiaries from a municipal employment agency and hospital wards. The original RRTW-CA stage structure could not be confirmed in the RRTWDK. The psychometric properties were thus inconclusive. The RRTW-DK cannot be recommended for use in the current version as the RRTW construct is questionable. The RRTW construct needs further exploration, preferably in a population that is homogeneous with regard to cause of sickness, disability duration and age.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Occupational Rehabilitation
Volume29
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)325–335
Number of pages11
ISSN1053-0487
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Rehabilitation
  • Reproducibility of results
  • Sick leave
  • Surveys and questionnaires
  • Validation studies
  • Vocational

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