Using a multidisciplinary classification in nursing: the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health

Abstract

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health can be a useful tool in classifying and communicating aspects of patient functioning by nurses. A level of moderate detail within the Classification (three-digit level) seems appropriate for most nursing purposes. Our results on items that could be added or improved can serve as input in future revisions of the Classification. Future use of the International Classification should be encouraged, because of its relevance to nursing and its potential for multidisciplinary use in patient care.

Health status and QOL instruments used in childhood cancer research: deciphering conceptual content using World Health Organization definitions

“…This range of agreement is commonly reported for studies that link health information to the ICF or ICF-CY [44,45] and shows the importance of linking with more than one individual in an iterative way so that multiple points of view on the content of the instruments can be considered in the analysis. Although it is a goal of measurement that individuals understand and interpret the concepts from measures in a similar way, it is not the reality that questions from health status and QOL instruments are interpreted identically between individuals, let alone relative to the ICF-CY.…”

The process of implementing a new working method - a project towards change in a Swedish psychiatric clinic

“…The conceptual model of the ICF [5,6] could fit well into Hummelvolls and Severinsson's [67] description of the ideological perspective of nurses, as the ICF includes several aspects of health and was not designed solely for people with disabilities. The present findings would seem to indicate that the ICF could be used as an aid to merge nurses' ideological foundation with their everyday practice [69,70] . In that sense, the DLDA could even been used as an aid in improving psychiatric care.…”

How Nurses are Using the International Classifi cation of Functioning, Disability and Health: An Integrative Review

“…Evidence showed there are attempts to apply the ICF in clinical nursing practice in fourteen selected articles (12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). In most articles (n=9), ICF application in clinical practice is defined in the Rehabilitation Nursing area (13,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)26), directed primarily to nursing interventions (n=4) with patients in acute and post-acute situations requiring rehabilitation (13,17) and patients with spinal cord injury (16,21,26).…”

“…In most articles (n=9), ICF application in clinical practice is defined in the Rehabilitation Nursing area (13,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)26), directed primarily to nursing interventions (n=4) with patients in acute and post-acute situations requiring rehabilitation (13,17) and patients with spinal cord injury (16,21,26).…”

“…The study by Boldt (13), which sought to determine if the ICF covers the goals of nursing interventions and to identify areas of functioning, disability and health most relevant to nursing practice, found that one hundred and eighteen different nursing interventions were documented. For each intervention, nine ICF categories were identified.…”