Development and psychometric evaluation of a theory-based questionnaire measuring women's return-to-work beliefs after long-term sick leave for common mental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Common mental disorders (CMDs) are currently a major cause of long-term sick leave, with women being most affected.

Objective

Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), we aimed to describe the development and psychometric evaluation of a new questionnaire to measure women's beliefs about return to work (RTW) after long-term sick leave for CMDs.

Methods

Data were collected in central Sweden from women on long-term sick leave (2- 24 months) for CMDs. The questionnaire was developed by conducting an elicitation study with 20 women and included both direct and indirect measures. Subsequently, 282 women participated in a psychometric evaluation and 35 of them in a test-retest procedure. Psychometric properties were evaluated by determining reliability (intern

SUBMITTER: Hedlund A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10578269 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature