Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jul;52(7):719-24. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e48d47.
To examine the predictive validity of a job-specific functional capacity evaluation (FCE) on the employment status of patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP).
Seven hundred and thirteen patients with nonspecific LBP received job-specific FCE. Based on their performance, return-to-work recommendations were given. Three months after evaluation, all patients were contacted by telephone to find out their employment status to examine the predictive validity of each FCE-based rating.
The correct prediction of employment status from an FCE pass rating was 79.8%; fail rating because of not meeting all the criteria of FCE tasks was 61.7%; and fail rating because of failing all FCE tasks was 68.4%.
Job-specific FCE shows a high level of predictive validity that could be used to evaluate the employment status of patients with nonspecific chronic LBP.
研究特定工作的功能能力评估(FCE)对非特异性下腰痛(LBP)患者就业状况的预测效度。
713 名非特异性 LBP 患者接受了特定工作的 FCE。根据他们的表现,给出了重返工作岗位的建议。评估 3 个月后,通过电话联系所有患者,了解他们的就业状况,以检验每项基于 FCE 的评分的预测效度。
FCE 通过评分正确预测就业状况的比例为 79.8%;因未满足 FCE 任务的所有标准而失败的比例为 61.7%;因未能完成所有 FCE 任务而失败的比例为 68.4%。
特定工作的 FCE 具有较高的预测效度,可用于评估非特异性慢性 LBP 患者的就业状况。