Brazilian publications on the International Classification of Functioning

Abstract

Considering the increase of chronic disease and life expectancy there is now an emerging interest in measuring the phenomena of functioning and disability. For nearly 30 years the World Health Organization has been developing tools for understanding and classifying these processes, currently favoring the International Classification of Functioning (ICF). The ICF proposes a paradigm shift, where the biopsychosocial model replaces the biomedical model. It is the most recent and comprehensive taxonomic model for functioning and disability and has a unified and universal perspective. Objective: Given the increasing interest of the scientific community in the subject, the objective of this study is to describe and classify the publications in Brazilian literature related to the ICF by areas of knowledge. Method: The database used was the Lilacs and Scielo. Results: Thirty-nine publications were selected. Most of the papers were related to original articles (51.3%) and Neurology was the field written about most. Conclusion: The results show an increase in the number of publications in the last five years.

Instrumentos da prática clínica com versão em português e a abrangência de seus conteúdos usando a CIF como referência: uma revisão sistemática

“…Sessenta e um estudos primários de ligação de conteúdo dos instrumentos da prática clínica em saúde com a CIF foram incluídos nesta revisão (Figura 1), sendo que 50 originaram-se de busca eletrônica. Os 11 demais advieram de busca manual, em que 6 foram de artigos de revisão 5,[13][14][15]19 , dois deles 20,21 pertencentes à revisão de Faria et al 19 e quatro [22][23][24][25] à revisão de Fayed et al 5 . As outras 3 revisões [13][14][15] , também tiveram suas referências verificadas, porém, os estudos primários de ligação incluídos nelas já haviam sido capturados na busca eletrônica.…”

“…Na literatura brasileira, relata-se crescente produção científica com a CIF [12][13][14][15] , entretanto, ainda há carência em se conhecer os instrumentos já ligados à CIF para que se possam operacionalizar tais conteúdos contemplados no modelo biopsicossocial proposto pela OMS.…”

Contribution of ICF on the functionality of individuals with chronic low back pain

“…(3,4) Another way to apply the ICF is through the selection of categories considered relevant to research specific needs grounded on clinical experience of professionals. (5) The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests using the classification in different environments and contexts in order to contribute for further revision of ICF and to refine the categories selected in the core sets and checklists. (5,6) It is known that chronic low back pain is a debilitating condition that affects world's population, mainly in the productive phase.…”

“…(5) The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests using the classification in different environments and contexts in order to contribute for further revision of ICF and to refine the categories selected in the core sets and checklists. (5,6) It is known that chronic low back pain is a debilitating condition that affects world's population, mainly in the productive phase. (7) Pain is one of the main complaints, however, other physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects have also been strongly associated with disability.…”

Linking the Braden Scale to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

“…Castaneda and Castro (10) add that the number of publications on this classification is small especially compared to European countries.…”