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. 2012 Oct;54(10):1300-8.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825f30ab.

Development of the Huntington disease work function scale

Bradley Brossman  1 , Janet K Williams, Nancy Downing, James A Mills, Jane S Paulsen; PREDICT-HD Investigators and Coordinators of the Huntington Study Group
Collaborators, Affiliations

Development of the Huntington disease work function scale

Bradley Brossman et al. J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: A work function measure specific for persons with prodromal Huntington disease (HD) was created to assist with workplace accommodations.

Methods: A self-report HD Work Function (HDWF) measure was developed from focus group and expert validation.

Results: Pilot studies with 238 people with prodromal HD, and 185 companions; and 89 people without prodromal HD, and 70 companions indicate that HDWF has acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.77), acceptable interrater reliability (r = 0.58), and acceptable convergent validity with selected items from the Endicott Work Productivity Scale (r = -0.56), Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report (r = -0.29), and Everyday Cognition (r = -0.70). The HDWF can distinguish between people with prodromal HD and people with an HD family history who do not have prodromal HD (P < 0.0001).

Conclusions: The HDWF is a brief self-assessment that may be used to monitor work function.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: none declared.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Comparison of HDWF Total Score across Pilot Samples (possible range = 20–140)
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