The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) - 20/06/19

Doi : 10.1016/j.pmr.2019.03.004

Alan M. Jette, PT, PhD ^a,^b,^⁎ , Pengsheng Ni, MD, MPH ^c, Elizabeth Rasch, PT, PhD ^d, Elizabeth Marfeo, PhD, MPH, OTR/L ^e, Christine McDonough, PT, PhD ^f, Diane Brandt, PT, PhD ^g, Lewis Kazis, ScD ^h, Leighton Chan, MD, MPH ⁱ
^a Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
^b MGH Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown Navy Yard, 36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA 02129-4557, USA
^c Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, BU School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street T5W, Boston, MA 02118, USA
^d Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 856, MSC 5493, Bethesda, MD 20892-5493, USA
^e Department of Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Health & Productive Aging Lab (HPAL), 574 Boston Avenue, Suite 216G, Medford, MA 02155, USA
^f School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Bridgeside Point I, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
^g Social Security Advisory Board, 400 Virginia Avenue Southwest, Suite 625, Washington, DC 20024, USA
^h Health Outcomes Unit and Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices (CAPP) (Est. 2000), Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot 5 West (532), Boston, MA 02118, USA
ⁱ Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 1-1469 10 Center Drive, MSC 1604, Bethesda, MD 20892-1604, USA

^∗Corresponding author. MGH Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown Navy Yard, 36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA 02129-4557, USA.MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsCharlestown Navy Yard36 1st AvenueBostonMA02129-4557USA

Résumé

Accuracy in measuring function related to one’s ability to work is central to public confidence in a work disability benefits system. In the United States, national disability programs are challenged to adjudicate millions of work disability claims each year in a timely and accurate manner. The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) was developed to provide work disability agencies and other interested parties a comprehensive and efficient approach to profiling a person’s function related to their ability to work. The WD-FAB is grounded by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health conceptual framework.

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Keywords : Rehabilitation, Health policy, Quality of life, Outcomes