title: Development of ICF Core Sets to standardize assessment of functioning and impairment in ADHD: the path ahead.
abstract: In the study of health and quality of life in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it is of paramount importance to include assessment of functioning. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a comprehensive, universally accepted framework for the description of functioning in relation to health conditions. In this paper, the authors outline the process to develop ICF Core Sets for ADHD. ICF Core Sets are subgroups of ICF categories selected to capture the aspects of functioning that are most likely to be affected in specific disorders. The ICF categories that will be included in the ICF Core Sets for ADHD will be determined at an ICF Core Set Consensus Conference, wherein evidence from four preliminary studies (a systematic review, an expert survey, a patient and caregiver qualitative study, and a clinical cross-sectional study) will be integrated. Comprehensive and Brief ICF Core Sets for ADHD will be developed with the goal of providing useful standards for research and clinical practice, and to generate a common language for the description of functioning in ADHD in different areas of life and across the lifespan.
authors: Neuropsychiatric Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Sven
authors: S
authors: Bölte
authors: Elles
authors: E
authors: de Schipper
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Holtmann
authors: Sunil
authors: S
authors: Karande
authors: Petrus J
authors: PJ
authors: de Vries
authors: Melissa
authors: M
authors: Selb
authors: Rosemary
authors: R
authors: Tannock
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005104:Expert Testimony; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014944:World Health Organization