WHO Health and Work Performance Questionnaire.
WHO-HPQ
- What it measures
- Absolute and relative on-the-job performance (presenteeism) and absenteeism due to health; self-rated work performance benchmarked against others.
- Length and format
- ~30 (long); short form available. mixed: 0-10 performance ratings + frequency/time items (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many (WHO instrument) incl. ES, ZH, PT, FR, DE, JA, AR and others
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Kessler, R.C., Barber, C., Beck, A., et al. (2003). The World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 45(2), 156-174.
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