Affiliations: Rehabilitation Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm,
Sweden | Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences,
Caring Science, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden | Department of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College of
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
Note: [] Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Caring
Sciences University of Uppsala, Uppsala Science Park S-75183 Uppsala, Sweden.
Tel.: +46 18 47134 87; Fax: +46 18 4713490; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: {\it Objective:} The purpose of this prospective study was an
exploration of the construct of the criterion-referenced multidimensional
job-related model (CMVA) aimed for predicting patients' with chronic pain
capability to perform occupations. {\it Methods:} The study samples were 1) participants
(n=84) who at present were not performing employed work
(median sick-listing period 12 months) because of chronic pain and 2)
participants (n = 104) who at present were performing
employed work at least 20 hours of a workweek. The participants had experiences
of 40 different occupations classified into five of the occupational categories
of Jist's Enhanced Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Data were collected
through ten assessment instruments and a structured interview, comprising 54
variables and 465 items. Data were analyzed using multiple regression with
forward entering of variables. {\it Results:} The CMVA model (Adjusted R^2 0.777, F (4,
183) = 164.067; p<0.001) was able to explain 78% CMVA contained the
aspects; ``the work demands-variable, the person-variable of work life values,
the environment-variable of social support and the two occupational
performances-variables; self-perceived capability to perform work tasks/the
simulated work tasks''. {\it Conclusions:} The construct of CMVA was robust suggesting that
among persons with chronic pain, the predictors focusing on their capability to
perform occupations are of great importance.
Keywords: determine capability for working, employment, occupational therapy, occupational rehabilitation, vocational assessment, work disability
