Reliability and Responsiveness of the Chinese Version of the Readiness for Return-To-Work Scale in Lost-time Claimants in Outpatient Occupational Rehabilitation in Taiwan

Reliability and Responsiveness of the Chinese Version of the Readiness for Return-To-Work Scale in Lost-time Claimants in Outpatient Occupational Rehabilitation in Taiwan

The aim of the study is to measure the reliability and responsiveness of the Chinese version of the readiness for return-to-work (RRTW) scale. We would conduct a multiple-centered, prospective cohort study to require RRTW data in lost-time claimants in outpatient occupational rehabilitation in Taiwan.

Inclusion criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of occupational injuries
• Participating the work hardening program
• Age from 20-65
• Still not return to work
• Willing to participating the study

Exclusion criteria:

• Cannot read the sentences or express their own idea, which causing the cannot finish the questionnaires
• Brain injuries (e.g. traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular acciden