OBJECTIVE To report on the results of the consensus process integrating evidence from preliminary studies to develop the first version of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set and the Brief ICF Core Set for obesity. METHODS A formal decision-making and consensus process integrating evidence gathered from preliminary studies was followed. Preliminary studies included a Delphi exercise, a systematic r...

PURPOSE To report on the process of implementation and dissemination of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) [1] in Italy. METHODS The Agenzia Regionale della Sanità of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (ARSFVG) is a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications. It collaborated with Italian research institutions such as the C. Bes...

OBJECTIVE To report on the results of the consensus process integrating evidence from preliminary studies to develop the first version of a Comprehensive ICF Core Set, and a Brief ICF Core Set for chronic ischaemic heart disease. METHODS A formal decision-making and consensus process integrating evidence gathered from preliminary studies was followed. Preliminary studies included a Delphi exe...

Assessment of the impact of the rheumatic disease on the individual patient is necessary to evaluate the outcome of an intervention targeted at the disease process as well as at the restoration of the patient's functioning. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a comprehensive tool designed to record and organise a wide range of information about health...

INTRODUCTION The "Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)" is an application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and represents the typical spectrum of problems in functioning of patients with COPD. The objective of this study was to validate this ICF Core Set from the perspective of physicians. MATERIALS AND MET...

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional multi-centre study. INTRODUCTION The ICF Core Sets for Hand Conditions (HC) have been developed to describe functioning of patients with HC. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To study the content validity of the Brief ICF Core Set for HC. METHODS Patients with HC were interviewed using the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for HC. ICF categories that best explained variation in p...

OBJECTIVE To report on the results of the consensus process integrating evidence from preliminary studies to develop the first version of a Comprehensive ICF Core Set and a Brief ICF Core Set for diabetes mellitus. METHODS A formal decision-making and consensus process integrating evidence gathered from preliminary studies was followed. Preliminary studies included a Delphi exercise, a system...

BACKGROUND The Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for Head and Neck Cancer (ICF-HNC) is an application of the ICF and guides multidisciplinary cancer follow-up and rehabilitation in patients with head and neck cancer. The objective of this study was to understand the role of physicians within the multidisciplinary team and to explore the co...

OBJECTIVE To report on the results of the consensus process integrating evidence from preliminary studies to develop the first version of a Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set and a Brief ICF Core Set for osteoporosis. METHODS A formal decision-making and consensus process integrating evidence gathered from preliminary studies was fo...

AIM The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a useful framework for the comprehensive description of the patients' functional health. The aim of this study was to identify the ICF categories that represent the patients' problems treated by manual medicine practitioners in order to facilitate its application in manual medicine. This selection of ICF c...