Validation of the comprehensive ICF Core Set for patients in geriatric post-acute rehabilitation facilities.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relevance and completeness of the comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for patients in geriatric post-acute rehabilitation facilities.


METHODS
Multi-centre cohort study.


METHODS
A total of 209 patients (67% female, mean age 80.4 years) in geriatric wards of 2 Austrian and 3 German hospitals.


METHODS
Data on functioning were collected using the respective comprehensive ICF Core Set. Data were extracted from patients' medical record sheets and interviews with health professionals and patients.


RESULTS
Most of the categories of the comprehensive ICF Core Set describing impairments, limitations or restrictions occurred in a considerable proportion of the study population. The most outstanding limitations and restrictions of the patients were problems with walking and moving around, and difficulties with self-care. Fourteen aspects of functioning not previously covered by the comprehensive ICF Core Set were reported as relevant.


CONCLUSIONS
Most categories of the comprehensive ICF Core Set could be confirmed. Limitations in categories of intellectual and seeing functions appeared less frequently than might have been expected for a population of older hospitalized people. Some additional categories not covered by the present version of the comprehensive ICF Core Set emerged from the interviews and should be considered for inclusion in the final version.
Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (IHRS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Marita
M
Stier-Jarmer
Eva
E
Grill
Martin
M
Müller
Ralf
R
Strobl
Michael
M
Quittan
Gerold
G
Stucki
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005858:Germany; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000592:standards; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation