Twenty years have passed since the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) was endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. The ICF represents a new way for health care providers to view patients' health and functioning. It offers an internationally recognized reference framework of functioning for clinical practice, as well as a common language for interprofessional and cross-sectorial communication across the continuum of care. Functioning is the third health indicator along with mortality and morbidity and captures all physical and mental functions of the body and associated anatomical structures, the actions and tasks people perform, and participation in life activities, all in interaction with the environment in which they live. A consequence of an aging society's increased survival from serious illness and the prevalence of chronic disease is a growing global population with impaired functioning. Functioning information can be used for clinical assessments, goal-setting, intervention planning, and/or clinical outcome evaluation.
This Research Topic aims to provide readers with valuable information on current developments in implementing the ICF in real-life clinical practice. The topic hopes to provide insight, among other things, into how functioning information can be incorporated into daily clinical practice, how the ICF can be used to document rehabilitation outcomes of the patient, and into standardized outcome reporting across all clinical settings. The research topic also aims to further reinforce the value of the ICF as the gold standard for collecting and analysing functioning information in rehabilitation and healthcare as a whole by showcasing real-life implementation of the ICF through quality, peer-reviewed publications.
We welcome a wide variety of articles within this Research Topic, for example, systematic and narrative review, original articles, studies with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research approaches and perspectives. The editors accept articles that cover a broad range of themes, but are especially interested in articles that address the following:
· Feasibility, reliability and clinical sensitivity of the functioning/ICF-based outcome measures
· Practical approaches to ICF implementation or operationalization in clinical settings
· Development and use of electronic documentation systems that have integrated functioning information
· Measurement of functioning, including the operationalization of ICF qualifiers
· Healthcare providers' experience using functioning information/ICF-based outcomes in clinical practice
· Goal-setting and evaluation of goal achievement using functioning/ICF-based outcomes
Twenty years have passed since the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) was endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. The ICF represents a new way for health care providers to view patients' health and functioning. It offers an internationally recognized reference framework of functioning for clinical practice, as well as a common language for interprofessional and cross-sectorial communication across the continuum of care. Functioning is the third health indicator along with mortality and morbidity and captures all physical and mental functions of the body and associated anatomical structures, the actions and tasks people perform, and participation in life activities, all in interaction with the environment in which they live. A consequence of an aging society's increased survival from serious illness and the prevalence of chronic disease is a growing global population with impaired functioning. Functioning information can be used for clinical assessments, goal-setting, intervention planning, and/or clinical outcome evaluation.
This Research Topic aims to provide readers with valuable information on current developments in implementing the ICF in real-life clinical practice. The topic hopes to provide insight, among other things, into how functioning information can be incorporated into daily clinical practice, how the ICF can be used to document rehabilitation outcomes of the patient, and into standardized outcome reporting across all clinical settings. The research topic also aims to further reinforce the value of the ICF as the gold standard for collecting and analysing functioning information in rehabilitation and healthcare as a whole by showcasing real-life implementation of the ICF through quality, peer-reviewed publications.
We welcome a wide variety of articles within this Research Topic, for example, systematic and narrative review, original articles, studies with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research approaches and perspectives. The editors accept articles that cover a broad range of themes, but are especially interested in articles that address the following:
· Feasibility, reliability and clinical sensitivity of the functioning/ICF-based outcome measures
· Practical approaches to ICF implementation or operationalization in clinical settings
· Development and use of electronic documentation systems that have integrated functioning information
· Measurement of functioning, including the operationalization of ICF qualifiers
· Healthcare providers' experience using functioning information/ICF-based outcomes in clinical practice
· Goal-setting and evaluation of goal achievement using functioning/ICF-based outcomes