Content validity of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for multiple sclerosis from the perspective of speech and language therapists
Por:
Renom, M, Conrad, A, Bascunana, H, Cieza, A, Galan, I, Kesselring, J, Coenen, M
Publicada:
1 nov 2014
Resumen:
BackgroundThe Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a comprehensive framework to structure the information obtained in multidisciplinary clinical settings according to the biopsychosocial perspective of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and to guide the treatment and rehabilitation process accordingly. It is now undergoing validation from the user perspective for which it has been developed in the first place.
AimsTo validate the content of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for MS from the perspective of speech and language therapists (SLTs) involved in the treatment of persons with MS (PwMS).
Methods & ProceduresWithin a three-round e-mail-based Delphi Study 34 SLTs were asked about PwMS' problems, resources and aspects of the environment treated by SLTs. Responses were linked to ICF categories. Identified ICF categories were compared with those included in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for MS to examine its content validity.
Outcomes & ResultsThirty-four SLTs named 524 problems and resources, as well as aspects of environment. Statements were linked to 129 ICF categories (60 Body-functions categories, two Body-structures categories, 42 Activities-&-participation categories, and 25 Environmental-factors categories). SLTs confirmed 46 categories in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set. Twenty-one ICF categories were identified as not-yet-included categories.
Conclusions & ImplicationsThis study contributes to the content validity of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for MS from the perspective of SLTs. Study participants agreed on a few not-yet-included categories that should be further discussed for inclusion in a revised version of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set to strengthen SLTs' perspective in PwMS' neurorehabilitation.
Filiaciones:
Renom, M:
Ctr Esclerosi Multiple Catalunya CEM Cat, Unitat Neurorehabil, Barcelona, Spain
Ctr Esclerosi Multiple Catalunya CEM Cat, Unitat Neuroimmunol Clin, Barcelona, Spain
Conrad, A:
Univ Munich, Res Unit Biopsychosocial Hlth, Chair Publ Hlth & Hlth Serv Res, Dept Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol IBE, D-81377 Munich, Germany
Bascunana, H:
St Pau Univ Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Barcelona, Spain
Cieza, A:
Univ Munich, Res Unit Biopsychosocial Hlth, Chair Publ Hlth & Hlth Serv Res, Dept Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol IBE, D-81377 Munich, Germany
Univ Southampton, Fac Social & Human Sci, Southampton, Hants, England
Swiss Parapleg Res, Nottwil, Switzerland
Galan, I:
Ctr Esclerosi Multiple Catalunya CEM Cat, Unitat Neurorehabil, Barcelona, Spain
Ctr Esclerosi Multiple Catalunya CEM Cat, Unitat Neuroimmunol Clin, Barcelona, Spain
Kesselring, J:
Valens Rehabil Ctr, Dept Neurol & Neurorehabil, Valens, Switzerland
Coenen, M:
Univ Munich, Res Unit Biopsychosocial Hlth, Chair Publ Hlth & Hlth Serv Res, Dept Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol IBE, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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