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Assessment of functioning in the acute hospital: operationalisation and reliability testing of ICF categories relevant for physical therapists interventions.
- Source :
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Journal of rehabilitation medicine [J Rehabil Med] 2011 Jan; Vol. 43 (2), pp. 162-73. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Objective: To operationalize items based on categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) relevant to patient problems that are addressed by physiotherapeutic interventions in the acute hospital, and to test the reliability of these items when applied by physiotherapists.<br />Methods: A selection of 124 ICF categories was operation-alized in a formal decision-making and consensus process. The reliability of the newly operationalized item list was tested with a cross-sectional study with repeated measurements.<br />Results: The item writing process resulted in 94 dichotomous and 30 polytomous items. Data were collected in a convenience sample of 28 patients with neurological, musculoske-letal, cardiopulmonary, or internal organ conditions, requiring physical therapy in an acute hospital. Fifty-six percent of the polytomous and 68% of the dichotomous items had a raw agreement of 0.7 or above, whereas 36% of all polytomous and 34% of all dichotomous items had a kappa coefficient of 0.7 and above.<br />Conclusion: The study supports that the ICF is adaptable to professional and setting-specific needs of physiotherapists. Further research towards the development of reliable instruments for physiotherapists based on the ICF seems justified. :
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disabled Persons classification
Female
Germany
Heart Diseases rehabilitation
Humans
Inpatients
International Classification of Diseases
Male
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Diseases rehabilitation
Nervous System Diseases rehabilitation
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Reproducibility of Results
Respiratory Tract Diseases rehabilitation
Switzerland
Disability Evaluation
Disabled Persons rehabilitation
Physical Therapy Modalities
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1651-2081
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of rehabilitation medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21234517
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0642