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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relevance and completeness of the comprehensive
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set
for patients in geriatric post-acute rehabilitation facilities. DESIGN:
Multi-centre cohort study. PATIENTS: A total of 209 patients (67% female, mean
age 80.4 years) in geriatric wards of 2 Austrian and 3 German hospitals. METHODS:
Data on functioning were collected using the respective comprehensive ICF Core
Set. Data were extracted from patients' medical record sheets and interviews with
health professionals and patients. RESULTS: Most of the categories of the
comprehensive ICF Core Set describing impairments, limitations or restrictions
occurred in a considerable proportion of the study population. The most
outstanding limitations and restrictions of the patients were problems with
walking and moving around, and difficulties with self-care. Fourteen aspects of
functioning not previously covered by the comprehensive ICF Core Set were
reported as relevant. CONCLUSION: Most categories of the comprehensive ICF Core
Set could be confirmed. Limitations in categories of intellectual and seeing
functions appeared less frequently than might have been expected for a population
of older hospitalized people. Some additional categories not covered by the
present version of the comprehensive ICF Core Set emerged from the interviews and
should be considered for inclusion in the final version.

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