TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping an obesity clinical evaluation protocol to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
AU - Brunani, Amelia
AU - Liuzzi, Antonio
AU - Sirtori, Anna
AU - Raggi, Alberto
AU - Berselli, Maria Elisa
AU - Villa, Valentina
AU - Ceriani, Francesca
AU - Tacchini, Elena
AU - Vicari, Valentina
AU - Parisio, Cinzia
AU - Vismara, Luca
AU - Zanini, Alice
AU - Vinci, Calogero
AU - Contini, Francesca
AU - Braga, Eugenia
AU - Ricappi, Amelia
AU - Camerlengo, Monica
AU - Ristea, Michela
AU - Leonardi, Matilde
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Purpose. To evaluate a multidisciplinary clinical protocol for obesity treatment by mapping it against the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and to determine the areas, defined by the ICF, in which no standardized assessment tools are available. Method. Assessment instruments used by a multidisciplinary team were linked to ICF categories and compared with a list of ICF categories composed by the ICF checklist and the comprehensive ICF core-set for obesity. Other relevant ICF categories were added, and not relevant ones were deleted when appropriate. Results. Five ICF categories were deleted and 11 were added, and 166 ICF categories were linked to assessment tools and to semi-structured interviews. The majority were linked to assessment tools, but within the domain of the environmental factors all ICF categories were mapped using semi-structured interviews. Conclusions. Our results show that an extended list of ICF categories is adequate to cover a wide spectrum of clinical and functional information, and it could be employed to describe, disability profiles of obese patients, to develop preventive measures and to identify what factors in the environment need to be changed to improve rehabilitation's outcomes.
AB - Purpose. To evaluate a multidisciplinary clinical protocol for obesity treatment by mapping it against the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and to determine the areas, defined by the ICF, in which no standardized assessment tools are available. Method. Assessment instruments used by a multidisciplinary team were linked to ICF categories and compared with a list of ICF categories composed by the ICF checklist and the comprehensive ICF core-set for obesity. Other relevant ICF categories were added, and not relevant ones were deleted when appropriate. Results. Five ICF categories were deleted and 11 were added, and 166 ICF categories were linked to assessment tools and to semi-structured interviews. The majority were linked to assessment tools, but within the domain of the environmental factors all ICF categories were mapped using semi-structured interviews. Conclusions. Our results show that an extended list of ICF categories is adequate to cover a wide spectrum of clinical and functional information, and it could be employed to describe, disability profiles of obese patients, to develop preventive measures and to identify what factors in the environment need to be changed to improve rehabilitation's outcomes.
KW - Assessment
KW - Disability and Health
KW - International Classification of Functioning
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.3109/09638280903171535
DO - 10.3109/09638280903171535
M3 - Article
C2 - 19852711
AN - SCOPUS:76149111959
VL - 32
SP - 417
EP - 423
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation
SN - 0963-8288
IS - 5
ER -