Validation of the EUMASS Core Set for medical evaluation of work disability

Abstract

The EUMASS Core Set is promising for reporting about functional (in-) capacities. It contains relevant categories for disability evaluation among countries and disease groups. Adding more mental functions might make it more applicable. Medical examiners found it useful and sufficient to evaluate functional (in-) capacity. Implications for Rehabilitation In medical reports of evaluation of work disability, reporting about functional capacity is often unstructured in free text, making the reports difficult to understand. The EUMASS Core Set contains common definitions for expressing functional capacity and is expected to support taking decisions, to improve the quality of decisions and to allow national and international comparisons. Our study suggests the EUMASS core set to be comprehensive, useful and sufficient to express functional capacity in disability evaluation.