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Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ)

Lerner D; Amick B 3rd

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Basic description

Developed in 1998

Published in 2001

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Authors

Lerner D; Amick B 3rd

Copyright
Work Limitations Questionnaire, © 1998, The Health Institute, Tufts Medical Center f/k/a New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc.; Debra Lerner, Ph.D.; Benjamin Amick III, Ph.D.; and GlaxoWellcome, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Objective
To assess the on-the-job impact of chronic health problems and/or treatment ("work limitations")
Therapeutic area
  • Generic
Therapeutic indication

All

Principally chronic conditions
Type of Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA)
  • pro PRO
Original language(s)
  • English for the USA
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Lerner D, Amick III BC, Rogers WH, Malspeis S, Bungay K, Cynn D. The Work Limitations Questionnaire. Med Care 2001 Jan; 39(1): 72-85. (PubMed Abstract)

Lerner D, Reed JI, Massarotti E, Wester LM, Burke TA. The Work Limitations Questionnaire's Validity and Reliability Among Patients with Osteoarthritis.  J Clin Epidemiol 2002 Feb; 55(2): 197-208. (PubMed Abstract)

Lerner D, Rogers WH, Chang H. The Work Limitations Questionnaire, Quality of Life Newsletter. 2002 Jan-Aug; 28:8-9 (Full text article)

Lerner D, Amick III BC, Lee JC, Rooney T, Rogers WH, Chang H, Berndt ER. Relationship of Employee-Reported Work Limitations to Work Productivity. Med Care 2003 May; 41(5): 649-59. (PubMed Abstract)

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Authors

Lerner D; Amick B 3rd

Debra Lerner, PhD 
Director,
Program on Health, Work and Productivity
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Box 345
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
USA
E-mail: dlerner@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Debra Lerner- Biosketch
Debra Lerner PubMed publications

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  2. Submit your request (Tutorials are available on our FAQs)
  3. In order for our team to issue the user agreement for your specific use of the WLQ and associated fees (if applicable), we need you to first complete the ‘WLQ pre-agreement form” and attach it to your online request.
    Click the link below for the Pre-agreement Form template.
  4. Our PROVIDE team will then get back to you with the needed information in a timely manner along with the User agreement for your review and signature.

 

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Languages

Original language(s)

  • English for the USA

Translations

The listed translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study. This list is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

WLQ

Afrikaans for South Africa
Bulgarian for Bulgaria
Czech for Czech Republic*
Danish for Denmark
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)*
Dutch for the Netherlands*
English for Australia*
English for Canada*
English for South Africa
English for the UK
Estonian for Estonia
Finnish for Finland*
French for Belgium
French for Canada
French for France*
German for Austria*
German for Germany*
Hungarian for Hungary
Italian for Italy*
Japanese for Japan*
Korean for Korea*
Lithuanian for Lithuania
Mandarin for Taiwan*
Norwegian for Norway
Polish for Poland
Portuguese for Brazil*
Portuguese for Portugal*
Romanian for Romania
Russian for Estonia*
Russian for Russia*
Serbian for Serbia
Slovak for Slovakia
Spanish for Argentina*
Spanish for Chile*
Spanish for Colombia*
Spanish for Latin America
Spanish for Mexico*
Spanish for Spain*
Spanish for the USA*
Swedish for Finland
Swedish for Sweden*
Thai for Thailand*
Ukrainian for Ukraine*
* Performed by Mapi

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Bibliographic references of the translations:

Japanese

Ida H, Nakagawa K, Miura M, Ishikawa K, Yakura N. Development of the Work Limitations Questionnaire Japanese Version (WLQ-J): Fundamental Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the WLQ-J. Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi. 2012 Mar 13  [Epub ahead of print]

Portuguese for Brazil:

de Soárez PC, Kowalski CC, Ferraz MB, Ciconelli RM. [Translation into Brazilian Portuguese and validation of the Work Limitations Questionnaire]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2007 Jul;22(1):21-8 [Portuguese]

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