title: An ICF-CY-based content analysis of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and its version for children and youth (ICF-CY), has been increasingly adopted as a system to describe function and disability. A content analysis of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (VABS-II) was conducted to examine congruence with the functioning and disability component of this framework.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 383 VABS-II items contained a total of 1,231 concepts. Established linking rules were used to map these concepts to ICF-CY codes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall the VABS-II concepts were well represented in the ICF-CY. Most of the concepts mapped to activity codes; however, about 30% of concepts were coded as body function. Most concepts represented relatively discrete activities, with more limited coverage of broader categories often included in measures of participation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The VABS-II content maps well to the ICF-CY activity/participation codes. Although VABS-II items ask about typical performance, item requirements often imply specific means of performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gleason
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Coster
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000145:classification*; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled