title: The relative importance of the domains of work functioning: evaluations of health-impaired employees, healthy employees, and employers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relative importance of central work functioning domains and propose a method for composite weighted measurement of the concept "work functioning."
  
  
  METHODS
  Health-impaired workers, healthy workers, and employers (n = 277) weighed work functioning domains by participating in a discrete choice experiment. A logistic regression model was tested to reveal the relative importance of the domains.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The central domains are significant indicators of the work functioning of health-impaired workers. The domain with the highest relative importance is quality of work performance, followed by, respectively, recovery, quantity of work, and capacity to work. This pattern of results was observed in all subgroups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The central domains are relevant indicators of the work functioning of health-impaired workers. Researchers should consider the relative importance of the domains and use the proposed weighting procedure, when measuring work functioning.
authors: From the Coronel Institute of Occupational Health (Drs Boezeman, Nieuwenhuijsen, and Sluiter), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam; Department of Public Health (Dr de Bekker-Grob), Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam; and Department of Medical Decision Making (Dr Van den Akker-Van Marle), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
authors: Edwin J
authors: EJ
authors: Boezeman
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Nieuwenhuijsen
authors: Esther W
authors: EW
authors: de Bekker-Grob
authors: M Elske
authors: ME
authors: van den Akker-van Marle
authors: Judith K
authors: JK
authors: Sluiter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis