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PURPOSE: To examine the relevance of the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to CBR monitoring and evaluation by
investigating the relationship between the ICF and information in published CBR
monitoring and evaluation reports. METHOD: A three-stage literature search and
analysis method was employed. Studies were identified via online database
searches for peer-reviewed journal articles, and hand-searching of CBR network
resources, NGO websites and specific journals. From each study "information
items" were extracted; extraction consistency among authors was established.
Finally, the resulting information items were coded to ICF domains and
categories, with consensus on coding being achieved. RESULTS: Thirty-six articles
relating to monitoring and evaluating CBR were selected for analysis.
Approximately one third of the 2495 information items identified in these
articles (788 or 32%) related to concepts of functioning, disability and
environment, and could be coded to the ICF. These information items were spread
across the entire ICF classification with a concentration on Activities and
Participation (49% of the 788 information items) and Environmental Factors (42%).
CONCLUSIONS: The ICF is a relevant and potentially useful framework and
classification, providing building blocks for the systematic recording of
information pertaining to functioning and disability, for CBR monitoring and
evaluation. Implications for Rehabilitation The application of the ICF, as one of
the building blocks for CBR monitoring and evaluation, is a constructive step
towards an evidence-base on the efficacy and outcomes of CBR programs. The ICF
can be used to provide the infrastructure for functioning and disability
information to inform service practitioners and enable national and international comparisons.
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