Semantic Aspects of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Andronache, Adrian; Simoncello, Andrea; Mea, Vincenzo Della; Daffara, Carlo; Francescutti, Carlo

doi:10.1097/phm.0b013e31823d53ea

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“…In fact, the use of ICF has highlighted some formal problems, mainly concerning its contents. As problems in using ICF were highlighted, works investigating the contents of the classification pointed out the need to improve conceptual clarity and ontological coherence [ 3 , 4 , 9 ], as well as to extend the domain covered by the classification [ 5 ]. Other shortcomings related to the Body Functions and Body Structure components are detailed in [ 10 ].…”

Section: The Current Status Of Icfmentioning

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Ontological modeling of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF): Activities&Participation and Environmental Factors components

Cozzi

Martinuzzi²,

Mea

2021

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak

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Background The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a classification of health and health-related states developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide a standard and unified language to be used as a reference model for the description of health and health-related states. The concept of functioning on which ICF is based is that of a “dynamic interaction between a person’s health condition, environmental factors and personal factors”. This overall model has been translated into a classification covering all the main components of functioning. However, the practical use of ICF has highlighted some formal problems, mainly concerning conceptual clarity and ontological coherence. Methods In the present work, we propose an initial ontological formalization of ICF beyond its current status, focusing specifically on the interaction between activities and participation and environmental factors. The formalization has been based on ontology engineering methods to drive goal and scope definition, knowledge acquisition, selection of an upper ontology for mapping, conceptual model definition and evaluation, and finally representation using the Ontology Web Language (OWL). Results A conceptual model has been defined in a graphical language that included 202 entities, when possible mapped to the SUMO upper ontology. The conceptual model has been validated against 60 case studies from the literature, plus 6 ad-hoc case studies. The model has been then represented using OWL. Conclusions This formalization might provide the basis for a revision of the ICF classification in line with current efforts made by WHO on the International Classification of Diseases and on the International Classification of Health Interventions.

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Ontological modeling of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF): Activities&Participation and Environmental Factors components

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Martinuzzi²,

Mea

2021

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“…ICF has also been represented into an ontological model in RDF/OWL [56], which can be used as reference in the modelling of more complex ontologies. However, it has to be underlined that this model inherits some shortcomings belonging to the whole classification, such as problems regarding incongruent classification of some concepts, a lack of clarity between activities and their qualities, incorrect parent-child relationships [66] and overemphasis on subsumption [67].…”

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RoomFort: An Ontology-Based Comfort Management Application for Hotels

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Business traveling is attracting growing attention due to the expansion of international markets. This fact calls for an increasing attention of the tourism sector toward the needs of business travellers, who often require services that are different from the ones desired by leisure tourists. The application of smart solutions coming from Context Awareness and Ambient Intelligence aimed at promoting guests' comfort and well-being, also in cases in which they have special needs, represents a promising solution to tackle business travellers' requirements and thus, to increase hotels attractiveness and incomes. In this context, this work introduces RoomFort, a smart comfort management system aimed at enhancing comfort of hotel room guests and leveraging on semantic representations of comfort, environment, and sensors. RoomFort provides a set of domain ontologies to formalize comfort-related metrics and to exploit the automatic reasoning capabilities provided by Semantic Web technologies, while gathering data through a network of sensors to ensure guests are provided with tailored comfort profiles during their stays in the hotel. Particular focus has been placed on visual comfort, since indoor lighting features constitute one of the main factors influencing the two main activities that most business travellers accomplish in their hotel room: working and relaxing.

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“…The five personae identified correspond to the target residents, and are defined as follow: ICF's component "Personal Factors" is yet to be completed, therefore the classification can rely on the remaining four components-enough to provide a sound and complete description of health-related issues, since "Personal Factors" are the particular background of an individual's life and living [45]. Although ICF presents many advantages, it has to be underlined that this framework is characterized by some shortcomings, such as problems regarding incongruent classification of some concepts, a lack of clarity between activities and their qualities, incorrect parent-child relationships of concepts and an overemphasis on subsumption [46][47][48]. The ICF has also been modelled into an ontology [49], which can be used as a reference model for other domain ontologies and that inherits all the flaws belonging to the classification.…”

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Semantic and Dweller-Based Decision Support System for the Reconfiguration of Domestic Environments: RecAAL

Spoladore

Sacco

2018

Electronics

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Researches in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL) have increased in the last ten years, and the paradigms of the smart home have widely spread. Smart homes must consider the health-related issues and the real needs deriving from the ageing of their dwellers. In the smart home, appliances are expected to provide support to the residents, especially when they are characterized by disabilities and/or impairments related to ageing. While most of the AAL solutions presented in literature rely on complex systems and architectures, residents affected by mild or moderate disabilities can take advantage of just a simpler reconfiguration of living environments, i.e., the replacement of certain appliances with others that are able to help them in coping with their limitations. This paper proposes a semantic-based decision support system (DSS), which relies on ontological models, to assist designers in domestic environments’ reconfiguration. The ontology leverages semantic representations of dwellers and domestic environments’ domains of knowledge to foster the adoption of appliances able to help the residents to live independently. The development process of the ontology is presented in detail together with the results deriving from reasoning processes. To ease the reconfiguration of domestic environments, a prototypical application taking advantage of the DSS is presented.

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Semantic Aspects of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

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Ontological modeling of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF): Activities&Participation and Environmental Factors components

Ontological modeling of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF): Activities&Participation and Environmental Factors components

RoomFort: An Ontology-Based Comfort Management Application for Hotels

Semantic and Dweller-Based Decision Support System for the Reconfiguration of Domestic Environments: RecAAL

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