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OBJECTIVE: To examine the construct and concurrent validity of a new occupational
military outcome measure (the Functional Activity Assessment [FAA]). DESIGN: A
validation study. SETTING: British Defence rehabilitation facilities.
PARTICIPANTS: A total of 141 service personnel who attended a musculoskeletal
injury assessment clinic. METHODOLOGY: The association among the Short Form 36
(SF-36), Physical Workload Questionnaire, and the FAA was examined. Agreement and
correlation with an actual medical category also was examined. MAIN OUTCOME
MEASURES: FAA, SF-36 and Physical Workload Questionnaire scores. RESULTS: The FAA
was significantly correlated with heavy physical workload and all SF-36 subscale
and component scores, in line with predictions. The regression model retained 3
variables that accounted for 49% of the variation in FAA, most of which was
accounted for by the role-physical subscale score of the SF-36. The FAA was well
correlated with actual medical category. CONCLUSIONS: The FAA is a valid measure
of physical health in relation to physical workload.
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