Measuring Body Structures and Body Functions from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Perspective

Abstract

An ICF-based measurement set for biomedical aspects of functioning with SCI was established. For some categories of the ICF core sets for SCI, there is a need to develop measurement instruments.

Towards ICF implementation in menopause healthcare: a systematic review of ICF application in Switzerland

“…The articles were published in 39 different scientific journals including Swiss Medical Weekly [27,78]. The majority of articles were published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (n = 10; 12.0%) [37,49,52,59,64,71,74,76,79,89] or American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (n = 9; 10.8%) [11,14,17,18,30,32,39,46,65]. The 83 articles identified were first-authored by 47 different authors of whom two, Felix Gradinger [19,41,50,51,55] and Reuben Escorpizo [24,28,30,34,42,70], first-authored at least five articles (6.0%).…”

“…The remaining institutions contributed to only three (2.4%) or fewer articles. Most articles focused on neurology (n = 26; 31.3%) [15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 30, 35, 37, 44-46, 48, 52, 53, 58, 59, 62, 63, 67, 69, 72, 73, 80, 86, 87], e.g., spinal cord injury (n = 19, 22.9%)[15,17,18,23,25,30,35,37,44,46,48,52,53,59,63,67,69,72,80]. Others focused on work-related problems (n = 11; 13.3%)[8,12,22,33,36,40,77,[83][84][85]90], such as vocational therapy (n = 6; 7.2%)…”

Setting up a cohort study of functioning: From classification to measurement

“…Based on the category specification for each ICF category, (sub-)scales or (items of) instruments were identified that are commonly used to assess the respective aspects of functioning. Systematic literature searches were conducted (24)(25)(26)(27), as well as reviews of SCI-specific databases (14,21,22). To exemplify this process, the second part of Table II (columns 3 and 4) lists all the resulting scales and instruments for b152 Emotional functions and b280 Sensation of pain.…”

Associations between chronic conditions, body functions, activity limitations and participation restrictions: a cross-sectional approach in Spanish non-clinical populations

“…Previous studies have shown the usefulness of the ICF system and its instruments, the ICF Checklist and WHODAS 2.0, in different health conditions, such as spinal cord injury or lymphoedema, 11 12 populations, such as children or elders, 13 14 and settings, such as rehabilitation, geriatric care or research. 15–18 Accordingly, the aim of this study was to examine the role of body functions in the relationship between chronic health conditions and ALRP, among people screened for disability in a Spanish population.…”