The Personal Factors of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in the literature – a systematic review and content analysis

Abstract

The analysis of the literature shows that PF is seen as relevant to the application of the ICF in various settings. The review revealed a need for standardisation of PF. The literature points to the potential of PF in enhancing the understanding of functioning, disability and health, in facilitating interventions and services for people with disabilities, and strengthening the perspective of individuals in the ICF.

Testing the integration of ICF and behavioral models of disability in orthopedic patients: Replication and extension.

“…Rather than a formal model like the ICIDH, the ICF is more of a conceptual framework including reciprocal relationships, for researchers to use as a scaffold on which to build causal models. The framework is informed by a biopsychosocial model of disability and permits non-biomedical variables to affect all constructs, as the domains of environmental factors and personal factors connect throughout, although the latter have not been specified in detail and further development is needed (Geyh et al, 2011). While criticized as vague and underdeveloped (Imrie, 2004), the ICF represents an advance on ICIDH (Peterson, 2005) and invites investigation of how non-physiological variables may contribute to activity limitation and participation restrictions, in the form of personal and environmental factors.…”

Occupation-based hand therapy in South Africa: challenges and opportunities

“…Amini 7,8 describes an occupation-based approach to hand therapy as a balance between the significance of occupation as a treatment modality and the use of biomechanical approaches and principles. An occupation-based approach does not negate the role and impact of the biomechanical frame of reference, but rather promotes the use of occupation as a framework within which biomechanical approaches should be applied 6 . This client-centred approach should however be grounded in a sound knowledge of and insight into anatomy, patho-physiology and biomechanics.…”

“…The ICF considers the person together with her/his health condition within a specific environment, influenced by contributing factors that emanate from inside and outside the particular indiOccupation-Based Hand Therapy in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities vidual. The "inside factors" comprise those from the body, mind and what the ICF calls the "personal factors" 6 . The health condition in question in this commentary comprises some pathology/disorder of the upper limb affecting body function and structure, for example range of motion and muscle strength, associated with restrictions in activity and participation, for example the ability to brush your teeth or participate in the realms of work and leisure.…”

Core sets da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde

“…Por fim, as críticas de que os core sets da CIF não consideram aspectos pessoais nem a satisfação com a saúde na verdade não se direcionam especificamente aos core sets, mas sim à CIF. No seu modelo de entendimento da funcionalidade humana, a CIF destaca a importância dos fatores pessoais (Figura 1), mas na classificação não se aborda esse componente da funcionalidade, pois a divulgação de uma classificação estruturada da funcionalidade das pessoas poderia ser mal--utilizada, resultando em fomento para o preconceito (58) .…”