title: The predictive validity of the RSI QuickScan questionnaire with respect to arm, shoulder and neck symptoms in computer workers.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether results from the RSI QuickScan questionnaire on risk factors for arm, shoulder and neck symptoms can predict future arm, neck and shoulder symptoms in a population of computer workers. For this prospective cohort study, with a follow-up of 24 months, 3383 workers who regularly worked with a computer were approached. Generalised estimating equations (GEE) with 6, 12, 18 and 24 months time lags were used to determine whether high exposure was related to symptoms at follow-up. The results showed that high scores on 9 out of 13 scales, including previous symptoms, were significantly related to arm, shoulder and neck symptoms at follow-up. These results provide support for the predictive validity of the RSI QuickScan questionnaire.
  The results showed that high scores on 9 out of 13 scales, including previous symptoms, were significantly related to arm, shoulder and neck symptoms at follow-up. The RSI QuickScan questionnaire may be recommended as a tool in the identification of computer workers who should be targeted with interventions aimed at prevention of future symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Research Institute MOVE, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, Amsterdam, 1081 BT, The Netherlands. e.spekle@vu.nl
authors.forename: Erwin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Speklé
authors.forename: Marco J M
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hoozemans
authors.forename: Allard J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van der Beek
authors.forename: Birgitte M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Blatter
authors.forename: Jaap H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: van Dieën
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003201:Computers; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014955:Wrist Joint