caa a22 4500 60621089X CHVBK 20210128101035.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10926-014-9563-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10926-014-9563-0 The Mental Disability Military Assessment Tool: A Reliable Tool for Determining Disability in Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder [Elektronische Daten] [Andrea Fokkens, Johan Groothoff, Jac van der Klink, Roel Popping, Roy Stewart, Lex van de Ven, Sandra Brouwer, Jolanda Tuinstra] Purpose An assessment tool was developed to assess disability in veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a military mission. The objective of this study was to determine the reliability, intra-rater and inter-rater variation of the Mental Disability Military (MDM) assessment tool. Methods Twenty-four assessment interviews of veterans with an insurance physician were videotaped. Each videotaped interview was assessed by a group of five independent raters on limitations of the veterans using the MDM assessment tool. After 2months the raters repeated this procedure. Next the intra-rater and inter-rater variation was assessed with an adjusted version of AG09 computing weighted percentage agreement. Results The results of this study showed that both the intra-rater variation and inter-rater variation on the ten subcategories of the MDM assessment tool were small, with an agreement of 84-100% within raters and 93-100% between raters. Conclusions The MDM assessment tool proves to be a reliable instrument to measure PTSD limitations in functioning in Dutch military veterans who apply for disability compensation. Further research is needed to assess the validity of this instrument. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Veterans disability claims nationallicence Reliability nationallicence Insurance disability nationallicence Instruments nationallicence Post-traumatic stress disorder nationallicence Fokkens Andrea Department of Applied Research in Care (FA12), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Groothoff Johan Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut van der Klink Jac Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Popping Roel Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Stewart Roy Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut van de Ven Lex Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Brouwer Sandra Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Tuinstra Jolanda Department of Applied Research in Care (FA12), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/3(2015-09-01), 569-576 1053-0487 25:3<569 2015 25 10926 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9563-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9563-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fokkens Andrea Department of Applied Research in Care (FA12), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Groothoff Johan Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Klink Jac Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Popping Roel Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stewart Roy Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van de Ven Lex Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brouwer Sandra Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tuinstra Jolanda Department of Applied Research in Care (FA12), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/3(2015-09-01), 569-576 1053-0487 25:3<569 2015 25 10926