The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health can help to structure and evaluate therapy

Validation of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Multiple Sclerosis from the perspective of occupational therapists

“…Although different health professions have their own professional models of rehabilitation, a common framework is helpful to communicate concerning the functional problems of PwMS, rehabilitation goals, and interventions applied (28,29). The ICF, and more concretely the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for MS, provides such a common basis of understanding (30).…”

Beyond Diagnosis: Understanding the healthcare challenges of injured veterans through the application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

“…Their findings demonstrated that the ICF is useful in aiding communication and structuring the provision of services, and that it offers guidance in clarifying team roles especially when there appears to be role overlap. Darzins, Fone, and Darzins (2006) offered a similar viewpoint, noting that the ICF can ''help guide clinical reasoning about clinical assessments and interventions to provide optimal client-centered care and, ultimately, to help us edge nearer to an 'ideal' health-care system'' (p. 127). These authors helped clarify the clinical value of the ICF.…”

Perspectives on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: Child and Youth Version (ICF-CY) and Occupational Therapy Practice

“…Occupational therapists are well attuned to the concepts of performance and participation, and have a "huge opportunity to take a leading role in facilitating use of the ICF to promote effective and efficient health care" (Darzins, Fone, & Darzins, 2006, p. 130). Occupational therapy is also poised, with its expertise in occupation, daily living, participation, and performance in real contexts, to take a more active leadership role in advancing the concepts within the ICF-CY (Darzins et al, 2006;Jonsson, 2007). Sadly, with occupational therapy at the margin of the ICF-CY discourse and research initiatives and knowledge of the ICF classification system not yet well known clinically (Bufka, Stewart, & Stark, 2008;Farrell et al, 2007), occupational therapy's knowledge and skill may well be eclipsed (Imms, 2006).…”