The abilitator summary scale items and summary scores

Objectives
According to the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) panel, structural validity describes how well Patient-Reported Outcome Measures’ (PROM) scores reflect the dimensions of the measured construct. Reaching structural validity is important for PROMs that reflect unidimensional effect indicators, but not for formative PROMs in which the items are not necessarily correlated. The main purpose of this study was to examine the structural components of the Abilitator, a co-developed self-report questionnaire on work ability and functioning for the population in a weak labour market position.
Methods
We examined to what extent the Abilitator has reflective and formative elements in its five summary scales: “C. Inclusion”, “D. Mind”, “E. Everyday life”, “F. Skills”, and “G. Body”. The Abilitator data sample (n=4555, men 51%, mean age 37 years) was collected in 2017–2022 by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in cooperation w..., The Abilitator was co-developed in 2014–2017 at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) in “The Social Inclusion and the Change of One’s Work Ability and Capacity” (Solmu), a national coordination project funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) Priority 5 programme (2014–2023). One of the main aims of the ESF Priority 5 programme was to improve the social inclusion, work ability, and functioning of those in a weak labour market position. Solmu’s target was to jointly develop a PROM ‘Abilitator’, which would evaluate both the work ability and functioning of those participating in the national Priority 5 projects and detect any changes after the projects. In addition to the ESF projects in Finland, the Abilitator has been used in research and in employment, health, and social services to support primary-level decision-making when large numbers of clients meet professionals with various occupational backgrounds.
The Abilitator contains 84 items under nine domains (sections): “..., , # The Abilitator summary scale items

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m905qfv86](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m905qfv86)

This data set contains variables used in the analyses of the structural validity study of the Abilitator, a self-report questionnaire on work ability and functioning aimed at the population in a weak labour market position. Information on the Abilitator can be found at: [https://www.ttl.fi/en/themes/tyohyvinvointi-ja-tyokyky/tyokyky/the-abilitator](https://www.ttl.fi/en/themes/tyohyvinvointi-ja-tyokyky/tyokyky/the-abilitator)

## Description of the Abilitator variables in this data

**AID= anonymous ID-number**

| C1. I get help when I need it | **1 = Completely disagree, 5 = Completely agree** |
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