Measuring work productivity with a mental health self-report measure.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether the Social Role (SR) Scale of the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ) can predict work productivity.


METHODS
Employees at Utah State Hospital completed the OQ and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Scale (WPAI) once monthly for four months.


RESULTS
The SR predicted the WPAI Presenteeism and Activity Impairment scales.


CONCLUSIONS
The SR can be used to estimate work productivity using tools like the Productivity Calculator. Specific relationships among measures and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Trotter
Vinessa K
VK
Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
Lambert
Michael J
MJ
Burlingame
Gary M
GM
Rees
Frank
F
Carpenter
Bruce N
BN
Steffen
Patrick R
PR
Jackson
Aaron
A
Eggett
Dennis
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004526:Efficiency; D004651:Employment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014589:Utah; D055815:Young Adult