ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-7984
(May 2016):
Examining Functioning and Contextual Factors in Individuals with Joint Contractures from the Health Professional Perspective Using the ICF: An International Internet-Based Qualitative Expert Survey.
In: Rehabilitation Nursing, Vol. 41, No. 3: pp. 170-178
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify disease-related aspects of functioning and disability in people with joint contractures from a health professionals' perspective and to describe the findings, using categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).
Design: An Internet-based expert survey.
Methods: We asked international health professionals for typical problems in functioning and important contextual factors of individuals with joint contractures using an Internet-based open-ended questionnaire. All answers were linked to the ICF according to established rules. Absolute and relative frequencies of the linked ICF categories were reported.
Findings: Eighty experts named 1785 meaning units which could be linked to 256 ICF categories. Among the categories, 24.2% belonged to the component Body Functions, 20.7% to Body Structures, 36.3% to Activities and Participation, and 18.8% to Environmental Factors.
Conclusion: Health professionals addressed a large variety of functional problems and multifaceted aspects due to the symptom joint contractures.
Clinical Relevance: International health professionals reported a large variety of aspects of functioning and health, which are related to joint contractures.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
Keywords: | Contracture; activities of daily living; expert opinion; geriatric assessment; social participation |
Faculties: | Medicine > Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology > Epidemiology of Vertigo and Dizziness |
Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health |
ISSN: | 2048-7940 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 40304 |
Date Deposited: | 20. Sep 2017, 10:28 |
Last Modified: | 02. Feb 2022, 17:44 |