The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) - Quantitative Measurement of Capacity and Performance
2009
Abstract
As a part of the sixth framework EU MHADIE (Measuring Health and Disability in Europe: supporting policy development), the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was employed by 12 EU facilities (among them six clinical settings). A cross - sectional study of patients (n=1,019) with eight different chronic conditions.
The department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital in Prague participated in this project with 100 patients after TBI (traumatic brain injury) and 100 patients with MS (multiple sclerosis). The study analyzed the structure of causal factors in terms of Activities (Capacity) and Participation (Performance).