| Title: |
Identification of problems in individuals with spinal cord injury from the health professional perspective using the ICF: a worldwide expert survey |
| Authors: |
Scheuringer, M.; Kirchberger, I.; Boldt, C.; Eriks-Hoogland, I.; Rauch, A.; Velstra, I-M.; Cieza, A. |
| Publication Year: |
2010 |
| Collection: |
University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton |
| Description: |
Study design: Worldwide Internet survey. Objectives: The specific aims of the study were (1) to identify problems of individuals with SCI in the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively, addressed by health professionals and (2) to summarize these problems using the ICF. Setting: International. Methods: Physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists were asked for problems in the functioning and contextual factors of individuals with SCI using open-ended questions. All answers were translated (‘linked’) to the ICF based on established rules. Absolute and relative frequencies of the linked ICF categories were reported stratified by the context. Results: Out of 243 selected experts, 144 (59.3%) named 7.650 different themes, of which 78.8% could be linked to ICF categories. In the early post-acute context, 30.7% of the 88 categories belonged to the component Body Functions, 14.8% to Body Structures, 30.7% to Activities and Participation and 23.9% to Environmental Factors. In all, 16 ICF categories were unique for the early post-acute context. In the long-term context, 27.2% of the 92 categories belonged to the component Body Functions, 13.0% to Body Structures, 35.9% to Activities and Participation and 23.9% to Environmental Factors. A total of 20 ICF categories were unique for the long-term context. Conclusion: Health professionals identified a large variety of functional problems reflecting the complexity of SCI. Unique aspects of functioning exist for the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively. The ICF provided a comprehensive framework to integrate answers from different professional backgrounds and different world regions. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
Scheuringer, M., Kirchberger, I., Boldt, C., Eriks-Hoogland, I., Rauch, A., Velstra, I-M. and Cieza, A. (2010) Identification of problems in individuals with spinal cord injury from the health professional perspective using the ICF: a worldwide expert survey. Spinal Cord, 48 (7), 529-536. (doi:10.1038/sc.2009.176 ). (PMID:20065988 ) |
| Availability: |
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341258/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.70BF8E58 |
| Database: |
BASE |