Work Ability Questionnaire Extended
The Work Ability Index (WAI) measures workers' capacity to perform their current job given their health status, job demands, and life circumstances. Developed by Finnish occupational health researchers, the WAI captures the dynamic relationship between personal capacity (physical fitness, mental health, skills) and job demands, identifying workers at risk of sickness absence, work disability, and early retirement. The WAI is a leading indicator for occupational health intervention, used in occupational health surveillance, rehabilitation, and aging worker management.
Source record
Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.
- Tuomi, K., Ilmarinen, J., Jahkola, A., Katajarinne, L., & Tulkki, A. (2006). Work Ability Index (2nd ed.). Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. · ISBN 978-952-5283-22-9
- Ilmarinen, J. (2007). Work ability: A comprehensive concept for occupational health research and practice. Scand J Work Environ Health, 35(5), 1–5. · URL
Curated claims
Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.
This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.
Related methods
Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.