The use of the ICF to describe work related factors influencing the health of employees

Heerkens, Yvonne; Engels, Josephine; Kuiper, Chris; Gulden, Joost van der; Oostendorp, Rob A.B.

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“…of workers who stayed at work with CMP. These characteristics were largely covered by the ICF components Body functions and structures, personal factors, and personal work-related factors, shown in Figure 2 [38,51]. Perceived physical disability and emotional distress were factors consistently associated with SAW.…”

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Factors promoting staying at work in people with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review

Vries

Reneman

Groothoff

et al. 2011

Disability and Rehabilitation

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Purpose: To identify determinants for staying at work (SAW) in workers with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). Method:A systematic review of factors that promote SAW in workers with CMP. We searched the databases of PubMed, EMBASE, PsycInfo, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library. We included studies reporting on working subjects without present CMP-related sick leave. A quality assessment of GRADE criteria and evidence synthesis was performed. Results: We identified five crosssectional studies and two qualitative studies reporting on factors associated with SAW in workers with CMP. Consistent association with SAW was found for low perceived physical disability and low emotional distress (low-level evidence). Duration of pain, catastrophizing, self-esteem and marital status were not associated with SAW (low-level evidence). Qualitative studies indicated that personal adjustments and workplace interventions are important determinants for SAW (evidence not graded). Conclusions: No high-level evidence for SAW determinants for workers with CMP was identified. Future interventions aimed at promoting SAW could consider reducing perceived physical disability and emotional distress, and promoting adjustment latitude at work, support from supervisors, and the workers' motivation and self-management skills. Further research is required because knowledge of SAW in workers with CMP is scarce, and the relevance of the subject is high.

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Section: Synthesis Of Quantitative Studiesmentioning

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Factors promoting staying at work in people with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review

Vries

Reneman

Groothoff

et al. 2011

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…Ueda and Okawa (2003) considered personal factors to have a 'subjective dimension'. In their 2004 study, the Heerkens, Engels, Kniper, van der Gulden, and Oostendorp (2004) workgroup addressed the topic of work-related disability and made a distinction between general personal factors such as age, sex, education, lifestyle and mental factors (including coping) versus work-related personal factors such as motivation, experience and willingness to exertion [sic]. Badley (2006) proposed a three-tiered categorisation: scene-setting personal factors, potentially modifiable personal factors, and social relationships.…”

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Personal Factors in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Prospective Evidence

Grotkamp

Cibis²,

Nüchtern

et al. 2012

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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The goal of this study was to propose a systematic classification of relevant personal factors for describing the background of an individual's life and way of living. The German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention constituted an ICF working group consisting of members from Medical Advisory Boards of Statutory Health Insurances (n = 6) and other institutions (n = 12) in 2009. A two-tier consensus building approach was utilised to construct and document the personal factors, with an initial team of experts compiling the personal factors and a second group of experts, who had not participated in developing the initial proposal, validating the process. The consensus process resulted in personal factors classified into 72 categories and arranged in six chapters as follows: general factors normally unchangeable (chapter 1); a person's inherent physical and mental constitution (chapters 2 and 3); more modifiable factors, such as attitudes, basic skills and behaviour patterns (chapter 4); life situation and socioeconomic/sociocultural factors (chapter 5); and other health factors e.g., prior interventions (chapter 6). We believe the personal factors from this effort to be a good basis for a wider global dialogue on their operationalisation. Keywords: ICF, contextual factors, personal factors, attributes, German Society forSocial Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP) The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, ICF (World Health Organization, 2001) is gaining more and more ground in terms of interest, recognition, and use in Germany, especially in the fields of social medicine, medical and vocational rehabilitation (Rentsch & Bucher, 2005;Ewert, Freudenstein, & Stucki, 2008). When the ICF was endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001, there was great support for the idea of expanding the model for classifying impairment, disability, and handicap. Since that time, classification efforts have expanded beyond the sequelae of diseases. Additionally, they have also addressed the potential influence of external environmental factors, as well as the internal contexts that are integral to the individual. Contextual factors are extremely important in working with the ICF (Fries & Fischer, 2008). Personal factors play an essential part in effecting health problems and the impact of disability on inclusion. WHO describes personal factors as internal factors, which 'may include gender, age, coping styles, social background, education, profession, past and current experience, overall behaviour pattern, character and other factors that influence how disability is experienced by the individual' (WHO, 2001, p. 11). We define personal factors as the particular background of an individual's life and living, including features of the individual that are not part of a health condition or health states, and which can impact functioning positively or negatively. Nevertheless, personal factors are not yet classified in the ICF; 'Their assessment is left to the user, if needed' (WHO, 2001, p. 19). ...

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“…Factors that influence work participation can be diseaserelated but also external and personal as notified by the WHO's international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) framework [9,10]. This framework states that the functioning of an individual is not only influenced by factors related to a disease or disorder, and that external and personal factors can also have positive, promoting, or negative, hindering, influences [9].…”

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Factors that Promote or Hinder Young Disabled People in Work Participation: A Systematic Review

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Introduction The aim of this systematic review was to study factors which promote or hinder young disabled people entering the labor market. Methods We systematically searched PubMed (by means of MESH and text words), EMBASE, PsycINFO, Web of Science and CINAHL for studies regarding (1) disabled patients diagnosed before the age of 18 years and (2) factors of work participation. Results Out of 1,268 retrieved studies and 28 extended studies from references and four from experts, ten articles were included. Promoting factors are male gender, high educational level, age at survey, low depression scores, high dispositional optimism and high psychosocial functioning. Female and low educational level gives high odds of unemployment just like low IQ, inpatient treatment during follow up, epilepsy, motor impairment, wheelchair dependency, functional limitations, co-morbidity, physical disability and chronic health conditions combined with mental retardation. High dose cranial radiotherapy, type of cancer, and age of diagnosis also interfered with employment. Conclusions Of the promoting factors, education appeared to be important, and several physical obstructions were found to be hindering factors. The last mentioned factors can be influenced in contrast to for instance age and gender. However, to optimize work participation of this group of young disabled it is important to know the promoting or hindering influence for employment.

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The use of the ICF to describe work related factors influencing the health of employees

Abstract: With the elaboration of the ICF scheme and the model of Van Dijk, expanded with ICF terms, the gap between the terminology used by professionals in health care, and the terminology used by professionals in occupational medicine is partly filled.

Cited by 127 publications

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Factors promoting staying at work in people with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review

Factors promoting staying at work in people with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review

Personal Factors in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Prospective Evidence

Factors that Promote or Hinder Young Disabled People in Work Participation: A Systematic Review

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