scholarly journals Content Validity of the Extended ICF Core Set for Stroke: An International Delphi Survey of Physical Therapists

2011 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 1211-1222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Glässel ◽  
Inge Kirchberger ◽  
Barbara Kollerits ◽  
Edda Amann ◽  
Alarcos Cieza
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Delphi Survey ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Core Set

scholarly journals Validation of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Vocational Rehabilitation From the Perspective of Physical Therapists: International Delphi Survey

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (8) ◽  
pp. 1262-1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika M. Kaech Moll ◽  
Reuben Escorpizo ◽  
Ruth Portmann Bergamaschi ◽  
Monika E. Finger
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
World Health ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Core Set

Abstract Background The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a list of essential categories on functioning based on the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), which describes a standard for interdisciplinary assessment, documentation, and communication in VR. Objective The aim of this study was to examine the content validity of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for VR from the perspective of physical therapists. Design A 3-round email survey was performed using the Delphi method. Methods A convenience sample of international physical therapists working in VR with work experience of ≥2 years were asked to identify aspects they consider as relevant when evaluating or treating clients in VR. Responses were linked to the ICF categories and compared with the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for VR. Results Sixty-two physical therapists from all 6 WHO world regions responded with 3,917 statements that were subsequently linked to 338 ICF categories. Fifteen (17%) of the 90 categories in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for VR were confirmed by the physical therapists in the sample. Twenty-two additional ICF categories were identified that were not included in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for VR. Limitations Vocational rehabilitation in physical therapy is not well defined in every country and might have resulted in the small sample size. Therefore, the results cannot be generalized to all physical therapists practicing in VR. Conclusion The content validity of the ICF Core Set for VR is insufficient from solely a physical therapist perspective. The results of this study could be used to define a physical therapy–specific set of ICF categories to develop and guide physical therapist clinical practice in VR.

Validation of the comprehensive ICF core set for low back pain: The perspective of physical therapists

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Kirschneck ◽  
Inge Kirchberger ◽  
Edda Amann ◽  
Alarcos Cieza
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Core Set

The comprehensive Icf core set for schizophrenia from the perspective of psychiatrists: A content-validity study using the Delphi technique

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s803-s803
Author(s):  
L. Nuño ◽  
M. Barrios ◽  
E. Rojo ◽  
J. Gomez-Benito ◽  
G. Guilera
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
The Third ◽  
Core Set ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionSchizophrenia is a chronic mental illness associated with several functional impairments. There has been an increasing interest in the impact of schizophrenia on functioning. The development of the Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for schizophrenia, a shortlist of 97 ICF categories that are relevant for describing functioning and disability of people living with schizophrenia, has derived from this interest.ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the content validity of this core set from the perspective of psychiatrists.MethodsIn a 3-round Delphi survey, psychiatrists experienced in schizophrenia treatment were asked about patients’ problems, resources and environmental factors they treat in patients with schizophrenia.ResultsA total of 352 psychiatrists from 65 countries representing all six World Health Organization regions completed the first round questionnaire. The response rate at the third round was 86%. Answers were linked to 422 ICF categories. Of all these, 109 ICF categories reached consensus (≥ 75% agreement) at the third round. Eighty-seven out of the 97 ICF categories that form the comprehensive ICF core set for schizophrenia were represented in this list. All the comprehensive ICF core set for schizophrenia categories reached consensus except five categories.ConclusionsThe content validity of the comprehensive ICF core set for schizophrenia from the perspective of psychiatrists was largely supported. However, further research is needed including other health professionals (e.g., psychologists, nurses and occupational therapists) to further obtain new content validity evidences.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Validation of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Osteoarthritis: the perspective of physical therapists

Physiotherapy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Bossmann ◽  
Inge Kirchberger ◽  
Andrea Glaessel ◽  
Gerold Stucki ◽  
Alarcos Cieza
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Core Set

Content validity of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for multiple sclerosis from the perspective of speech and language therapists

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 672-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Renom ◽  
Andrea Conrad ◽  
Helena Bascuñana ◽  
Alarcos Cieza ◽  
Ingrid Galán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Core Set

scholarly journals Content Validity of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: An International Delphi Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Jobst ◽  
Inge Kirchberger ◽  
Alarcos Cieza ◽  
Gerold Stucki ◽  
Armin Stucki
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Pulmonary Diseases ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ◽  
Core Set

Introduction:The “Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)“ is an application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and represents the typical spectrum of problems in functioning of patients with COPD. The objective of this study was to validate this ICF Core Set from the perspective of physicians.Materials and Methodology:Physicians experienced in COPD treatment were asked about the patients’ problems treated by physicians in patients with COPD in a three-round electronic mail survey using the Delphi technique. Responses were linked to the ICF.Results:Seventy-six physicians in 44 countries gave a total of 1330 responses that were linked to 148 different ICF categories. Nine ICF categories were not represented in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for COPD although at least 75% of the participants have rated them as important. Nineteen concepts were linked to the not yet developed ICF component personal factors and seventeen concepts were not covered by the ICF.Conclusion:The high percentage of ICF categories represented in the ICF Core Set for COPD indicates satisfactory content validity from the perspective of the physicians. However, some issues were raised that were not covered and need to be investigated further.

scholarly journals Interrater Reliability of the Extended ICF Core Set for Stroke Applied by Physical Therapists

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 841-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Starrost ◽  
Szilvia Geyh ◽  
Anke Trautwein ◽  
Jutta Grunow ◽  
Andres Ceballos-Baumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Core Competence ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Icf Core Set ◽  
Core Set ◽  
Practical Tool

Background and PurposeThe World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is gaining recognition in physical therapy. The Extended ICF Core Set for Stroke is a practical tool that represents a selection of categories from the whole classification and can be used along with the ICF qualifier scale to describe patients’ functioning and disability following stroke. The application of the ICF qualifier scale poses the question of interrater reliability. The primary objective of this investigation was to study the agreement between physical therapists’ ratings of subjects’ functioning and disability with the Extended ICF Core Set for Stroke and with the ICF qualifier scale. Further objectives were to explore the relationships between agreement and rater confidence and between agreement and physical therapists’ areas of core competence.Subjects and MethodsA monocentric, cross-sectional reliability study was conducted. A consecutive sample of 30 subjects after stroke participated. Two physical therapists rated the subjects’ functioning in 166 ICF categories.ResultsThe interrater agreement of the 2 physical therapists was moderate across all judgments (observed agreement=51%, kappa=.41). Interrater reliability was not related to rater confidence or to the physical therapists’ areas of core competence.Discussion and ConclusionThe present study suggests potential improvements to enhance the implementation of the ICF and the Extended ICF Core Set for Stroke in practice. The results hint at the importance of the operationalization of the ICF categories and the standardization of the rating process, which might be useful in controlling for rater effects and increasing reliability.

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