title: The international classification of functioning, disability and health--children and youth (ICF-CY): testing its utility in classifying information from eco-cultural family interviews with ethnically diverse families with children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to test the utility of the International classification of functioning, disability and health--children and youth's (ICF-CY) Environmental Factors component by classifying family interview data from two ethnically and culturally diverse--Kyrgyz and Uzbek--families that have children with various types of disabilities in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The eco-cultural family interview (EFI) was used to interview four Kyrgyz and four Uzbek families. The obtained data were analysed by using manifest content analysis; identified units of meaning named as 'EFI items' and 'EFI concepts' were then linked to the ICF-CY's codes by application of ten linkage rules.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis of transcribed interviews identified 669 EFI items and 745 EFI concepts. The linking of EFI items to the ICF-CY showed: 92 EFI items and concepts were linked to nd (not definable); 104 items were linked to nc (not covered by the ICF-CY); 15 items were categorised as pf (personal factors); 21 items were linked to categories found in Activities and Participation; and 3 were linked to Body Functions components. The rest of EFI items and concepts were linked to categories of the Environmental Factors component.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The codes included into Chapters 1, 2 and 5 of the ICF-CY environmental component can be easily assigned to the relevant EFI items. There is a necessity to add more codes in Chapters 3 and 4 of the Environmental Factors component, and the inclusion of a separate component of Personal Factors into the classification is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Health and Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden. ranoshka2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rano
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zakirova-Engstrand
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granlund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D004777:Environment; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007707:Kyrgyzstan; D008297:Male; D014610:Uzbekistan / Q000208:ethnology