Developing an ICF core set for post-stroke disability assessment and verification in Taiwan: a preliminary study

Abstract

The preliminary core set for post-stroke disability assessment and verification can offer comprehensive information on the performance of daily-life activities of chronic stroke survivors. Further validation is required.

The feasibility and validity of the comprehensive ICF core set for stroke in Chinese clinical settings

“…Development of the ICF core set for stroke in various countries and areas could improve communication among experts from different cultures and fields. [7][8][9][10][11] In component 'b', most patients' problems were identified as neuromusculoskeletal and movement disorders, which are the commonest problems in patients with stroke and lead to a significant negative effect on patients' daily lives and quality of life. 12 Impairment of neuromusculoskeletal and ICF code ICF category title 0 (n (%)) 1 (n (%)) 2 (n (%)) 3 (n (%)) 4 (n (%)) 8 (n (%)) 9 (n (%)) Sum 1-4 (n (%)) Involved 3th (4th) categories (57) 55 (26) 15 (7) 19 (9) 1 (1) ICF code ICF category title 0 (n (%)) 1 (n (%)) 2 (n (%)) 3 (n (%)) 4 (n (%)) 8 (n (%)) 9 (n (%)) Sum 1-4 (n (%)) Involved 3th (4th) categories Table 3.…”

“…Development of the ICF core set for stroke in various countries and areas could improve communication among experts from different cultures and fields. 7 –11…”

“…2 Interestingly, our result is in accord with a previously reported study that identified the most typical and relevant categories of ICF for patients with chronic health conditions based on the Delphi technique. 8…”

Association between muscle power impairment and WHODAS 2.0 in older adults with physical disability in Taiwan

“…Chuang et al [30] stated that most patients with stroke in Taipei were cared for by family members or by a full-time foreign attendant at home after leaving the acute hospital, and thus, were exempted from participating in HA. The preliminary ICF core set for post-stroke disability assessment developed in Taiwan also excludes any category related to ICF chapters d6 domestic life and d8 major life areas [25]. Whether persons with physical limitations were concerned with the difficulty of HA in Chinese society might require further study.…”

“…We also used Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (Spearman's rho) to assess the agreement between the degrees of muscle power impairment and standardized scores of each domain. Spearman's rho ranged from 0.3 to 0.6 was identified as showing moderate agreement [25]. We used logistic regression analyses with the stepwise method to assess risk factors for subjects with the greatest difficulty in each domain and in the 32-item index.…”