Title
Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the world mental health japan version of the world health organization health and work performance questionnaire short version: A preliminary study
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Kawakami N.
Inoue A.
Tsuchiya M.
Watanabe K.
Imamura K.
Iida M.
Nishi D.
Publisher(s)
National Institute of Industrial Health
Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate test-retest reliability and construct validity of the World Mental Health Japan (WMHJ) version of World Health Organization Health and Performance Questionnaire (WHO-HPQ) short version according the COSMIN standard. We conducted two consecutive surveys of 102 full-time employees recruited through an Internet survey company in Japan, with a two-week interval in 2018. We calculated Pearson’s correlation (r) of measures of the WHO-HPQ with other presenteeism scales (Stanford Presenteeism Scale, Work Functioning Impairment Scale, and perceived relative presenteeism), health and psychosocial job conditions. We tested the test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation, ICC) among those who reported no change of job performance during the follow-up. Among 92 (90%) respondents, the absolute pre-senteeism significantly correlated with WFun and perceived relative presenteeism (r=−0.341 and −0.343, respectively, p=0.001) and psychological distress (r=−0.247, p=0.018). The absolute/relative absenteeism did not significantly correlate with the other covariates. The test-retest reliability over a two-week period was high for the WHO-HPQ absolute presenteeism (ICC, 0.73), while those for absolute/relative absenteeism measures were moderate. The study found an adequate level of test-retest reliability, but limited support for the construct validity of the absolute presenteeism measure of the WMHJ version of the WHO-HPQ. Further research is needed to investigate the construct validity of the WHO-HPQ measures in a larger sample.
Start page
375
End page
387
Volume
58
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Estadísticas, Probabilidad Psicología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85089358846
PubMed ID
Source
Industrial Health
ISSN of the container
00198366
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP 18H04072.
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