ICF Core Set for patients with cardiopulmonary conditions in the acute hospital.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this consensus process was to decide on a first version of the ICF Core Set for patients with cardiopulmonary conditions in the acute hospital.


METHODS
The ICF Core Set development involved a formal decision-making and consensus process, integrating evidence gathered from preliminary studies including focus groups of health professionals, a systematic review of the literature and empiric data collection from patients.


RESULTS
Twenty-two experts selected a total of 48 second-level categories. The largest number of categories was selected from the ICF component Body Functions (21 categories or 44%). Four (8%) of the categories were selected from the component Body Structures, 10 (21%) from the component Activities and Participation, and 13 (27%) from the component Environmental Factors.


CONCLUSIONS
The Acute ICF Core Set for patients with cardiopulmonary conditions provides all professionals with a clinical framework to comprehensively assess patients in the acute hospital. This first ICF Core Set will be further tested through empiric studies in German-speaking countries and internationally.
Boldt
Christine
C
ICF Research Branch of the WHO FIC Collaborating Center (DIMDI), IMBK, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Grill
Eva
E
Wildner
Manfred
M
Portenier
Lucien
L
Wilke
Sabine
S
Stucki
Gerold
G
Kostanjsek
Nenad
N
Quittan
Michael
M
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