title: ICF Core Set for patients with cardiopulmonary conditions in the acute hospital.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ICF Research Branch of the WHO FIC Collaborating Center (DIMDI), IMBK, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boldt
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grill
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wildner
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Portenier
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilke
authors.forename: Gerold
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stucki
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kostanjsek
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quittan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification*; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000592:standards; D014944:World Health Organization