Affiliations: Department of Occupational Therapy, College of
Associated Health Professions, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA | Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Link\"oping University, University Hospital, S-581 85 Linkoping, Sweden | Occupational Therapy Program, Faculty of Health
Sciences, Link\"oping University, S-581 85 Link\"oping, Sweden | Hemmet f\"or Gamla, Hammarbystadsf\"orvaltning,
Rehabenheten, Stockholm, Sweden
Note: [] Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at
Chicago, College of Health and Human Development Sciences, 1919 W. Tagbr
Street, M/C 811, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. E-mail: kielhfnr@uic.edu
Note: [] Also at Karolinska Institute, stockholm, Sweden. Also at
Occupational Therapy Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Link ping University,
S-581 85 Link\"oping, Sweden
Abstract: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Work
Environment Impact Scale in the United States and Sweden. Thirteen American and
four Swedish occupational therapists used the scale (in English and Swedish
respectively) to rate 21 (11 American and 10 Swedish) subjects. Results of a
Rasch analysis of the data, indicate that the items work well together to
measure the construct of work environment impact. The scale is also suitably
matched to the clients in this study and effectively discriminated different
levels of work environment impact. The findings also suggest that both language
versions of the scale are equivalent and that the scale is culture-free.
