Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reliability and validity of the Turkish Version of the Work Limitations Questionnaire-Short Form

Abstract

Objective:The physical or emotional difficulties faced by academicians negatively affect their productivity. The aim of this study is to translate and adapt a Turkish version of the Work Limitations Questionnaire-Short Form (WLQ-SF) and investigate its validity and reliability. The WLQ-SF assesses academicians who have suffered from physical or emotional health limitations in the past 2 weeks while working.Methods:In this study, the mean age of 104 participants who completed the Turkish version of the WLQ-SF was 37.75±9.43 years. The test-retest reliability was evaluated using the WLQ-SF with a 7-day interval. The test-retest reliability assessed through intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s alpha (α) were used to determine the construct validity and time-invariant reliability of the scale over time.Results:The WLQ-SF provided construct validity with 68.62% variance under two factors (Bartlett’s test of sphericity value, 407.830; Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value, 0.746; p=0.0001) and was found to be valid. It demonstrated a high test-retest reliability (ICC =0.96) and good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha =0.83) for all domains. Therefore, the WLQ-SF in the Turkish language is a valid and reliable test.Conclusion:The Turkish version of the WLQ-SF was found to be valid and reliable for evaluating the effect of physical and emotional health among academicians. It is an important scale to measure the impact of both physical and emotional health at work.

Keywords

• academicians
• work limitation
• reliability
• validity
• turkish