APPLICATION OF THE "INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH" IN REHABILITATION PRACTICE
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1811-2471.2019.v.i3.10521Keywords:
ICF, rehabilitation diagnosis, rehabilitation programsAbstract
SUMMARY. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is being applied worldwide in the rehabilitation process. Given the current paradigm of health and physical therapy with their focus on human functioning, activity and participation, rehabilitation diagnosis should be based on ICF. Specialists of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine need to focus not only on clinical diagnosis but also on ICF as a basis for rehabilitation diagnosis in their clinical practice.
On the basis of the examination of the patient, a list of problems formulated in the ICF categories (function, activity, participation) is made, quantitative assessment of the manifestation of disturbance or limitation is served, and the role of the environmental factor is determined, after the establishment of the rehabilitation diagnosis a program of rehabilitation is offered, the effectiveness of which is also monitored by the ICF.
ICF aims to help defining the purpose and objectives of physical therapy, evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation, so the application of this classification will not only describe the disorders and limitations that occur in a person due to any disease, trauma or pathological condition, but also to draw up a rehabilitation program to evaluate its effectiveness during application of rehabilitation measures.
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