Abstract
BACKGROUND: Need for recovery (NFR) and prolonged fatigue are two important concepts for monitoring short- and long-term outcomes of psychological job demands within employees. For effective monitoring it is, however, important to gain insight in the reproducibility of the instruments that are used.
OBJECTIVE: The objective was to assess reproducibility of the NFR scale and Checklist Individual Strength (CIS), measuring NFR and prolonged fatigue respectively, in the working population.
METHODS: Longitudinal data from the Maastricht Cohort Study (MCS) study was used, capturing 12,140 employees from 45 different companies at baseline. A 'working' and 'returning to work' sample was conceived for different intervals; 4-month, 1-year, and 2-year.
RESULTS: Reliability, assessed with the interclass correlation, was high within employees with a stable work environment for the NFR scale (0.78) and CIS (0.75). The smallest detectable change, assessing the agreement, was 41.20 for the NFR scale and 31.10 for the CIS.
CONCLUSIONS: Reliability was satisfactory for both the NFR scale and CIS. The agreement of both scales to detect a changes within employees was, however, less optimal. It is, therefore, suggested that, ideally, both instruments are placed within a broader range of instruments to effectively monitor the outcomes of psychological job demands.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 399-412 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | WORK-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Occupational health
- public health
- psychometrics
- health surveillence
- mental health
- TESTING MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE
- CHECKLIST INDIVIDUAL STRENGTH
- COVARIANCE STRUCTURE-ANALYSIS
- TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY
- FIT INDEXES
- NURSING PROFESSIONALS
- PROSPECTIVE COHORT
- HEALTH-STATUS
- VALIDITY
- REPRODUCIBILITY