title: Toward standardised documentation in psychiatric evaluations: identifying functioning aspects and contextual factors in psychiatric reports of Swiss disability claimants with chronic widespread pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In Switzerland, psychiatric evaluations are crucial for deciding on eligibility of disability benefits for claimants with chronic widespread pain (CWP). However, the poor standardisation and low transparency of such evaluations have been criticised. Standardisation and transparency may be enhanced by comprehensive functioning documentation using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). We applied the ICF as a reference frame to determine a list of functioning aspects and contextual factors commonly reported in psychiatric work capacity evaluations of Swiss disability claimants with CWP.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective qualitative and quantitative content analysis of 24 psychiatric reports of claimants with CWP by using the ICF taxonomy and a personal factor categorisation for data coding. Coded categories were considered candidate items for standardised documentation in psychiatric evaluations involving CWP if they passed a predetermined threshold based on their relative frequency across reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 71 second level ICF and personal factor categories passed the threshold. In total, 21 categories referred to the ICF component personal factors, 19 to body functions, 18 to activities and participation, and 13 to environmental factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The list of ICF and personal factor categories we determined in this study addresses concepts commonly reported in psychiatric evaluations of medical work capacity involving CWP. It can serve as a starting point in developing a standard for comprehensive functioning documentation in the present context.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil, Switzerland, and Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne and SPF, Nottwil, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Urban
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schwegler
authors.affiliation: Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.affiliation: Academy of Swiss Insurance Medicine (ASIM), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anner
authors.affiliation: Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trezzini
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation