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International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core
sets are short procedures to record and provide information on health. However,
further validation is needed. The aim of this study was to validate the
Comprehensive ICF Core Set for stroke by exploring the patient's living at home
and receiving outpatient rehabilitation perspective on functioning in everyday
life. Qualitative interviews of 22 patients with previous stroke in Finland were
analyzed using the content analysis method: functional concepts that described
the participants' perspective on functioning in everyday life were extracted from
the interview transcripts and linked to ICF categories using ICF linking rules.
Extracted functional concepts from 372 meaning units were linked to 115 of the
166 categories included in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for stroke and to six
additional ICF categories. Thirty-eight concepts could not be linked to the ICF
categories. Sixty-eight percent of the second-level ICF categories in the
Comprehensive ICF Core Set for stroke were validated. In total, 28 of 36
categories added to the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for stroke from the Core Sets
for patients with neurological conditions in the acute and early postacute phases
were not confirmed in this sample of individuals with stroke living in their
homes.

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