Perceived fairness of claimants undergoing a work disability evaluation: Development and validation of the Basel Fairness Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are currently no tools for assessing claimants' perceived fairness in work disability evaluations. In our study, we describe the development and validation of a questionnaire for this purpose.

Method

In cooperation with subject-matter experts of Swiss insurance medicine, we developed the 30-item Basel Fairness Questionnaire (BFQ). Claimants anonymously answered the questionnaire immediately after their disability evaluation, still unaware about its outcome. For each item, there were four response options, ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". The construct validity of the BFQ was assessed by running a principal component analysis (PCA).

Results

In 4% of the questionnaires, the claimants' perception on the disability evaluation was nega

SUBMITTER: Lohss R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498050 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature