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. 2003 Feb;45(2):156-74.
doi: 10.1097/01.jom.0000052967.43131.51.

The World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ)

Ronald C Kessler  1 , Catherine Barber, Arne Beck, Patricia Berglund, Paul D Cleary, David McKenas, Nico Pronk, Gregory Simon, Paul Stang, T Bedirhan Ustun, Phillip Wang
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The World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ)

Ronald C Kessler et al. J Occup Environ Med. 2003 Feb.

Abstract

This report describes the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ), a self-report instrument designed to estimate the workplace costs of health problems in terms of reduced job performance, sickness absence, and work-related accidents-injuries. Calibration data are presented on the relationship between individual-level HPQ reports and archival measures of work performance and absenteeism obtained from employer archives in four groups: airline reservation agents (n = 441), customer service representatives (n = 505), automobile company executives (n = 554), and railroad engineers (n = 850). Good concordance is found between the HPQ and the archival measures in all four occupations. The paper closes with a brief discussion of the calibration methodology used to monetize HPQ reports and of future directions in substantive research based on the HPQ.

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