Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Vocational Fit Assessment (VFA).
OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Vocational Fit Assessment (VFA) by examining its factor structure and subscale reliability. METHOD. This prospective cross-sectional study used two surveys (one for worker abilities and one for job demands) to...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 69; no. 6; pp. 1 - 21 |
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