Philbois SV, Martins J, Souza CS, Sampaio RF, Oliveira AS. Health professionals identify components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in questionnaires for the upper limb.
Braz J Phys Ther 2016;
20:15-25. [PMID:
26786076 PMCID:
PMC4835162 DOI:
10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0135]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Several Brazilian studies have addressed the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), but few have analyzed the knowledge of
the health professionals with regards to the ICF.
OBJECTIVE:
To verify whether the classification of the items in the Brazilian-Portuguese
versions of The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) and The Disabilities
Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaires, obtained from health professionals
who worked with patients having upper limb injuries, could be related to ICF
components as defined by others studies.
METHOD:
There were 4 participants for the group "professionals with high familiarity of
the ICF (PHF)" and 19 for the group of "professionals with some or no familiarity
of the ICF (PSNF)". The participants judged whether the items on the two
questionnaires belonged to the ICF body function, body structure or
activity-participation component, and marked a confidence level for each trial
using a numerical scale ranging from zero to 10. The items were classified by the
discriminant content validity method using the Student'st-test
and the Hochberg correction. The ratings were compared to the literature by the
percentage of agreement and Kappa coefficient.
RESULTS:
The percentage of agreement of the rating from the PSNF and the PHF groups with
the literature was equal to or greater than 77%. For the DASH, the agreement of
the PSNF and PHF groups with the literature were, respectively, moderate
(Kappa=0.46 to 0.48) and substantial (Kappa=0.62 to 0.70).
CONCLUSIONS:
Health professionals were able to correlate the three components of the ICF for
most items on the 2 questionnaires, demonstrating some ease of understanding the
ICF components. However, the relation of concept of pain with body function
component is not clear for professional and deserves a more attentive
approach.
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