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Table 3 Psychometric properties of the German version of the WRFQ and its subscales

From: Evaluation of measurement properties of the German Work Role Functioning Questionnaire

 

T0 (n = 653)

T0-T1 (n = 66)

T0-T2 (n = 96)

Scale/ subscale

Mean (SD) a)

N (%)

at floor (0%)

N (%)

at ceiling (100%)

Cronbach’s α

ICC (CI95%)

Inter-item correlation (mean (SD))

Item-to-total correlation

Mean (SD) T0/T1

ICC

SEM

Mean (SD) T0/T2

Mean change T0-T2 (SD)

SRM

WRFQ(total)

71.2 (17.4)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0.94

0.94 (0.93–0.95)

0.37 (0.14)

0.43–0.73

69.8 (17.5)/ 77.3 (16.6)

0.80

0.63

72.6 (15.5)/ 54.6 (13.0)

−17.96 (13.36)

1.34

WRFQ-F1 Work scheduling and output demands (10 items)

68.7 (21.8)

0 (0%)

16 (2.5%)

0.89

0.89 (0.88–0.90)

0.44 (0.18)

0.48–0.76

68.2 (20.7)/ 73.7 (19.8)

0.77

0.63

71.2 (20.3)/ 50.3 (16.7)

−20.86 (17.62)

1.18

WRFQ-F2 Physical demands (5 items)

69.2 (22.8)

1 (0.2%)

83 (12.7%)

0.79

0.78 (0.76–0.81)

0.43 (0.009)

0.45–0.65

65.8 (23.0)/ 77.3 (19.7)

0.44

2.38

66.8 (23.8)/ 53.1 (18.6)

−18.05 (23.42)

0.77

WRFQ-F3 Mental and social demands (7 items)

74.0 (19.8)

1 (0.2%)

41 (6.3%)

0.87

0.87 (0.86–89)

0.50 (0.02)

0.46–0.81

72.9 (21.2)/ 78.5 (18.9)

0.67

1.62

75.9 (18.1)/ 58.2 (15.2)

−12.95 (20.52)

0.63

WRFQ-F4 Flexibility demands (5 items)

75.0 (21.3)

6 (0.9%)

88 (13.5%)

0.85

0.85 (0.83–0.87)

0.53 (0.003)

0.59–0.70

74.7 (23.4)/ 82.6 (20.6)

0.65

1.95

77.5 (19.9)/ 59.8 (16.7)

−11.33 (23.25)

0.49

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, ICC Intraclass coefficient, SD Standard deviation, SEM Standard error of measurement (SDdiff/√2), SRM Standardized response mean (ratio between mean change score and its SD)
  2. Floor and ceiling effects and internal consistency (T0), reproducibility by reliability and test-retest reliability (T1) and responsiveness (T2)
  3. a Range 0–100 (lowest to best work role functioning) in all scales