Identification of problems in individuals with spinal cord injury from the health professional perspective using the ICF: a worldwide expert survey
Identification of problems in individuals with spinal cord injury from the health professional perspective using the ICF: a worldwide expert survey
Study design: Worldwide Internet survey.
Objectives: The specific aims of the study were (1) to identify problems of individuals with SCI in the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively, addressed by health professionals and (2) to summarize these problems using the ICF.
Setting: International.
Methods: Physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists were asked for problems in the functioning and contextual factors of individuals with SCI using open-ended questions. All answers were translated (‘linked’) to the ICF based on established rules. Absolute and relative frequencies of the linked ICF categories were reported stratified by the context.
Results: Out of 243 selected experts, 144 (59.3%) named 7.650 different themes, of which 78.8% could be linked to ICF categories. In the early post-acute context, 30.7% of the 88 categories belonged to the component Body Functions, 14.8% to Body Structures, 30.7% to Activities and Participation and 23.9% to Environmental Factors. In all, 16 ICF categories were unique for the early post-acute context. In the long-term context, 27.2% of the 92 categories belonged to the component Body Functions, 13.0% to Body Structures, 35.9% to Activities and Participation and 23.9% to Environmental Factors. A total of 20 ICF categories were unique for the long-term context.
Conclusion: Health professionals identified a large variety of functional problems reflecting the complexity of SCI. Unique aspects of functioning exist for the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively. The ICF provided a comprehensive framework to integrate answers from different professional backgrounds and different world regions.
expert survey, rehabilitation, icf, icf core set
529-536
Scheuringer, M.
7ce23ebc-ec08-4278-a3bc-3cc0caad2f88
Kirchberger, I.
bd845f6f-b025-47a2-8eb4-2ec35773471c
Boldt, C.
43ce5575-7913-4d14-b278-86aeb8b69a9b
Eriks-Hoogland, I.
659926d5-a290-4593-b68f-922f62e1a3ba
Rauch, A.
54f0b19a-a78d-4ad8-bc45-b3d32d3b60af
Velstra, I-M.
9584101a-8062-4ee0-814c-b378c80e3600
Cieza, A.
a0df25c5-ee2c-4580-82b3-d0a75591580e
July 2010
Scheuringer, M.
7ce23ebc-ec08-4278-a3bc-3cc0caad2f88
Kirchberger, I.
bd845f6f-b025-47a2-8eb4-2ec35773471c
Boldt, C.
43ce5575-7913-4d14-b278-86aeb8b69a9b
Eriks-Hoogland, I.
659926d5-a290-4593-b68f-922f62e1a3ba
Rauch, A.
54f0b19a-a78d-4ad8-bc45-b3d32d3b60af
Velstra, I-M.
9584101a-8062-4ee0-814c-b378c80e3600
Cieza, A.
a0df25c5-ee2c-4580-82b3-d0a75591580e
Scheuringer, M., Kirchberger, I., Boldt, C., Eriks-Hoogland, I., Rauch, A., Velstra, I-M. and Cieza, A.
(2010)
Identification of problems in individuals with spinal cord injury from the health professional perspective using the ICF: a worldwide expert survey.
Spinal Cord, 48 (7), .
(doi:10.1038/sc.2009.176).
(PMID:20065988)
Abstract
Study design: Worldwide Internet survey.
Objectives: The specific aims of the study were (1) to identify problems of individuals with SCI in the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively, addressed by health professionals and (2) to summarize these problems using the ICF.
Setting: International.
Methods: Physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists were asked for problems in the functioning and contextual factors of individuals with SCI using open-ended questions. All answers were translated (‘linked’) to the ICF based on established rules. Absolute and relative frequencies of the linked ICF categories were reported stratified by the context.
Results: Out of 243 selected experts, 144 (59.3%) named 7.650 different themes, of which 78.8% could be linked to ICF categories. In the early post-acute context, 30.7% of the 88 categories belonged to the component Body Functions, 14.8% to Body Structures, 30.7% to Activities and Participation and 23.9% to Environmental Factors. In all, 16 ICF categories were unique for the early post-acute context. In the long-term context, 27.2% of the 92 categories belonged to the component Body Functions, 13.0% to Body Structures, 35.9% to Activities and Participation and 23.9% to Environmental Factors. A total of 20 ICF categories were unique for the long-term context.
Conclusion: Health professionals identified a large variety of functional problems reflecting the complexity of SCI. Unique aspects of functioning exist for the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively. The ICF provided a comprehensive framework to integrate answers from different professional backgrounds and different world regions.
This record has no associated files available for download.
More information
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 January 2010
Published date: July 2010
Keywords:
expert survey, rehabilitation, icf, icf core set
Organisations:
Psychology
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 341258
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/341258
ISSN: 1362-4393
PURE UUID: b48b3def-d26e-4bb3-aea7-8894523cba10
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 18 Jul 2012 11:57
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 11:37
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
M. Scheuringer
Author:
I. Kirchberger
Author:
C. Boldt
Author:
I. Eriks-Hoogland
Author:
A. Rauch
Author:
I-M. Velstra
Author:
A. Cieza
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics