Validity and Reliability of the Rapid Of(cid:976)ice Strain Assessment [ROSA] Thai Version

Wanwimon Mekwimon Kingkaew MS1, Suchada Paileeklee PhD1, Pongsak Jaroenngarmsamer MD2

Affiliation : 1 Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand 2 The College of Allied Health Sciences, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Objective : Translate the original English version of the Rapid Of(cid:976)ice Strain Assessment [ROSA] into Thai version and evaluate the validity and reliability of Thai ROSA in of(cid:976)ice worker.
Materials and Methods : The original version of ROSA was translated into Thai using a standard forward-backward procedure and Translation Equivalence testing. The content validity was approved by four experts in ergonomic and occupational health. Inter-rater reliability was examined by researcher and other expert in ergonomics in 48 subjects, university of(cid:976)ice workers. All subjects were re-assessed one week later by the researcher to obtain intra-rater reliability.
Results : The Thai version of ROSA, translated according to international standard, had universal agreement calculation method (S-CVI/UA) = 0.80, scale-level content validity index (S-CVI/Ave) = 0.95 and very high inter- and intra-rater reliability as following ICC (cid:976)inal score = 0.99 and ICC (cid:976)inal score = 0.91.
Conclusion : The Thai version of ROSA is a valid and reliable measurement method for Ergonomic Assessment in Thai of(cid:976)ice worker.

Keywords : The rapid of(cid:976)ice strain assessment [ROSA], Reliability, Validity, Of(cid:976)ice worker, Thai

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