| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Health and Work Questionnaire (HWQ) |
| First Description |
Shikiar R, Halpern MT, Rentz AM, Khan ZM. Development of the Health and Work Questionnaire (HWQ): an instrument for assessing workplace productivity in relation to worker health. Work. 2004;22(3):219-29. |
| Year | 2004 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Work |
| Population/Disease | Generic |
| Originally developed for | --- |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
--- |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | English |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Shikiar, R |
| Title | Development of the Health and Work Questionnaire (HWQ): An instrument for assessing workplace productivity in relation to worker health. |
| Journal | WORK |
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol | 22 |
| Num | 3 |
| Pages | 219-239 |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| No other References. | |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| No other References. | |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Halpern, Michael T. |
| mhalpern@exponent.com | |
| Address | 310 Montgomery St. , Alexandria, VA 22314, USA |
| Website | http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/10/3/233/DC1 |
| Available | --- |
| Links |
http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/suppl/2001/09/13/10.3.233.DC1/halpern.pdf |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire |
| Brief Description |
assesses smoking-related productivity issues; entails 2 subscales: productivity evaluation about how co-workers and supervisor would rate performance and personal life satisfaction |
| Number of Items | 24 |
| Range | 0 (very dissatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied) |
| Responses options/scale |
No |
| Developed for | Research |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score | --- |
| Score Interpretation | --- |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 6 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | --- |
| Limitations | Copyrighted |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |