Adapting PROMs for people with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK, Sweden and the Czech Republic

This study aims to adapt existing work measures in order to make sure they are culturally tailored for individual geographic settings to make sure they are valid and reliable for these contexts

Work disability is high in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Reliable, valid measures are required to identify workers with RA’s work difficulties, to plan and evaluate work rehabilitation and determine work service needs. This study will culturally adapt, and test patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) of work for use in the UK, Sweden and the Czech Republic. 

What will this research involve?

We will linguistically validate and culturally adapt patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) into British English, Swedish and Czech for use with employed people with either rheumatoid or inflammatory arthritis.

Once this phase is complete we will then test their psychometric properties, including:

  • unidimensionality

  • construct validity (using Rasch analysis)

  • internal consistency

  • concurrent validity

  • test-retest reliability, and

  • minimal detectable differences.

This process will ensure these measures will provide robust information for clinical and research use. These measures can then be used to identify patients’ at risk for poor work outcomes, their work rehabilitation needs and effectiveness of work rehabilitation.

What has the study found so far?

Further updates from this study will be published here when available.

Study team

Chief investigator
Professor Yeliz Prior (University of Salford)


Co-investigators
Professor Alison Hammond (University of Salford)
Professor Mathilda Bjork (Linköping University)
Dr Monique Gignac (Institute for Work and Health, Canada)


Associated research staff
Dr Jen Parker (University of Salford)

Centre institutions

Research partners

Further information

For further information about this research, please contact a.hammond@salford.ac.uk