tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Validation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis from the patient perspective using focus group"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Validation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis from the patient perspective using focus groups. | Available online http content 8 4 R84 Research article Validation of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health ICF Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis from the patient perspective using focus groups Michaela Coenen1 2 Alarcos Cieza1 Tanja A Stamm1 3 Edda Amann1 Barbara Kollerits1 and Gerold Stucki1 2 4 1ICF Research Branch of the WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications at the German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information DIMDI IHRS MarchioninistraBe 17 81377 Munich Germany 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University Hospital Munich MarchioninistraBe 15 81377 Munich Germany 3Vienna Medical University Department of Internal Medicine III Division of Rheumatology Waehringer Guertel 18-20 1090 Vienna Austria 4Swiss Paraplegic Research SPF Nottwil Switzerland Corresponding author Gerold Stucki Received 3 Feb 2006 Revisions requested 14 Mar 2006 Revisions received 11 Apr 2006 Accepted 1 2 Apr 2006 Published 9 May 2006 Arthritis Research Therapy 2006 8 R84 doi ar1 956 This article is online at http content 8 4 R84 2006 Coenen et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Functioning is recognized as an important study outcome in rheumatoid arthritis RA . The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for RA is an application of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health ICF of the World Health Organisation with the purpose of representing the typical spectrum of functioning of patients with RA. To strengthen the patient perspective persons with RA were explicitly involved in the validation of the Comprehensive ICF .