title: Health status assessment in the occupational health setting.
abstract: This article discusses the conceptual roots of measuring health- related outcomes based on a biopsychosocial model of health. The selection and applicability of instruments for measurement of health status are discussed and suggestions are made concerning how health-status instruments may be used in the occupational- health setting. The potential value of measuring health status in the occupation-health setting is explored with a brief review of current literature and an example from one investigation in which measurements of health status were used to examine outcomes of common musculoskeletal impairments.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, Graduate School for Health Studies, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: D U
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Jette
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jette
mesh_terms: D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016272:Occupational Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results