A team approach to applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation set in clinical evaluation
Objective: To develop a team approach to applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set (ICF-RS) in clinical evaluation. Design: A Delphi study. Subjects: Experts from rehabilitation institutions in China including physicians, nurses, physiotherapi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Medical Journals Sweden
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine |
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https://www.medicaljournals.se/jrm/content/html/10.2340/16501977-2756
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| Summary: | Objective: To develop a team approach to applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set (ICF-RS) in clinical evaluation.
Design: A Delphi study.
Subjects: Experts from rehabilitation institutions in China including physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Methods: A 2-round Delphi survey and expert panel discussion were used to generate the team approach. Firstly, the candidate types of professionals for team rating were chosen through expert panel discussion. A carefully selected group of participants was then asked to score the suitability of physicians, nurses, or other candidate therapists for each category’s rat-ing, applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set in clinical evaluation. After initial assignment of cate-gory to types of professionals, a second round Delphi survey was conducted to quantify the professionals’ agreement with the category assignments and generate a final team evaluation approach.
Results: Thirty of the category assignments achiev-ed consensus. The final team evaluation approach assigned 6 categories to physicians to evaluate, 7 categories to nurses, 9 categories to physiotherapists, and 8 to occupational therapists.
Conclusion: Such a team evaluation approach could facilitate implementation of the ICF-RS in clinical settings and provide a more convenient assessment tool for professionals. |
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| ISSN: | 1650-1977 1651-2081 |