| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Workplace Activity Limitations Scale (WALS) |
| First Description |
Gignac MAM |
| Year | 2008 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Coping & helplessness, Work |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | --- |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
Osteoarthritis (OA), Plaque psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
Yes IA |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | English |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Gignac MAM |
| Title | Arthritis-related work transitions: A prospective analysis of reported productivity losses, work changes, and leaving the labor force. |
| Journal | Arthritis & Rheumatism |
| Year | 2008 |
| Vol | 59 |
| Num | 12 |
| Pages | 1805-13 |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | Gignac MA, Badley EM, Lacaille D, Cott CC, Adam P, Anis AH. … |
| Brief Description |
WALS description refers back to this reference, though in this reference WALS has not been yet developed in its current form |
| Link | Gignac MA. Arthritis and employment: an examination of behav … |
| Brief Description |
WALS description refers back to this reference, though in this reference WALS has not been yet developed in its current form |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22588755 |
| Brief Description |
Tang et al. (2011): Measures of work disability and productivity: Rheumatoid Arthritis Specific Work Productivity Survey (WPS-RA), Workplace Activity Limitations Scale (WALS), Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS), Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ), and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI). |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| No other References. | |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Monique AM Gignac |
| gignac@uhnres.utoronto@ca; acreu@uhnres.utoronto.ca | |
| Address | Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit, The Toronto Western Research Institute, Main Pavilion, 10th floor, Room 10-316, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8 |
| Website | http://www.acreu.ca/research/measures.html#wals |
| Available | --- |
| Links | |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire, Scale |
| Brief Description |
measures health-related decrements in ability to perform job roles; 4 scales: 1) physical demands; 2) time management; 3) mental-interpersonal demands; 4) output demands |
| Number of Items | 12 |
| Range | recall period: in general/typically |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes is converted into 0 to 100; 0% = none of the time; slight bit of the time; 50% = some of the time; most of the time; 100% = all of the time |
| Developed for | --- |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
mean of all scale items or as summed total score |
| Score Interpretation | Higher scores, greater WALS; |
| Cut-off points | only preliminary data available |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 0 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | --- |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |