Acidente Vascular Cerebral; Trabalho; Confiabilidade, Validade, Reabilitação
Name: JANAYNA AVANCE MARTINS
Publication date: 04/04/2024
Examining board:
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| LUCAS RODRIGUES NASCIMENTO | Advisor |
Summary: Introduction: Around 30% of individuals who survive a stroke in their income-earning years face difficulties at returning to work. However, the loss of productivity of work has not been examined. Objectives: to quantify the loss of productivity at work in people with stroke, and to test the psychometric properties of the Work Limitation Questionnaire. Methods: Cross-sectional, methodological study. The Work Limitation Questionnaire was answered three times: twice in person, to assess test-retest reliability, and once by telephone, to be compared with the in-person assessment. Results: Fifty-six individuals (32 men) with mild disabilities after stroke were included. The average loss of productivity was 4% (SD 5, min-max 0 to 15%). Test-retest reliability was very high (ICC 0.96; 95% CI 0.94 to 0.98; p < 0.01), and validity of the telephone application was high (r = 0.8; 95% CI 0.6 to 0.9; p < 0.01). Conclusions: The Work Limitation Questionnaire showed that people with stroke who return to work reported low productivity loss, which may be related to the mild disabilities of the included sample. The instrument showed adequate test-retest reliability and the telephone application produced comparable results to in-person applications, which may help increase variability in further studies.
