The ICF: An Overview of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

These vocabulary flashcards cover the definitions, principles, components, and measurement scales of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) based on the provided overview transcript.

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

A framework approved by the World Health Assembly in 2001 for describing and organising information on functioning and disability using a standard language and conceptual basis.

ICF-CY

A companion classification for children and youth published in 2007.

Universality

The principle that the classification should be applicable to all people irrespective of health condition and in all physical, social, and cultural contexts.

Parity and aetiological neutrality

The principle that there is no implicit or explicit distinction between 'mental' or 'physical' conditions, and disability is not differentiated by its cause.

Neutrality

The practice of wording domain definitions in neutral language to record both positive and negative aspects of functioning and disability.

Environmental Factors

Physical, social, and attitudinal factors (ranging from climate to laws) that can act as facilitators or barriers to a person's functioning.

Biopsychosocial model

A model of disability based on an integration of the social and medical models, conceptualising functioning as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and contextual factors.

Body functions

The physiological functions of body systems, which includes psychological functions.

Body structures

Anatomical parts of the body such as organs, limbs and their components.

Impairments

Problems in body function and structure such as significant deviation or loss.

Activity

The execution of a task or action by an individual.

Participation

Involvement in a life situation.

Activity limitations

Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities.

Participation restrictions

Problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations.

Functioning

An umbrella term for body function, body structures, activities, and participation denoting positive or neutral aspects of interaction.

Disability

An umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions denoting negative aspects of interaction.

Qualifiers

Codes used to record the extent of functioning or disability in a domain, or the extent to which an environmental factor is a facilitator or barrier.

Generic qualifier scale

A scale used for problems: $0$ (No problem), $1$ (Mild), $2$ (Moderate), $3$ (Severe), $4$ (Complete), $8$ (Not specified), and $9$ (Not applicable).

Capacity

A construct relating to what an individual can do in a 'standardised' environment, often during clinical assessment.

Performance

A construct relating to what a person actually does in his or her 'current' or usual environment.

ICD-10

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, which provides codes for diseases, disorders, and injuries.

Washington Group on Disability Statistics

An entity that created a short set of six questions for censuses and surveys consistent with the ICF and Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.

ICF core sets

Short lists of ICF categories essential to describe the disability experience of a person with a specific disease condition.

Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG)

A group established in 2006 within the WHO-FIC Network to advise on functioning, disability, and health classification and coding issues.