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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Classification of functioning and impairment: The development of ICF core sets for autism spectrum disorder
Autism Research, Volume 7, No. 1, Year 2014
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Given the variability seen in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), accurate quantification of functioning is vital to studying outcome and quality of life in affected individuals. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a comprehensive, universally accepted framework for the description of health-related functioning. ICF Core Sets are shortlists of ICF categories that are selected to capture those aspects of functioning that are most relevant when describing a person with a specific condition. In this paper, the authors preview the process for developing ICF Core Sets for ASD, a collaboration with the World Health Organization and the ICF Research Branch. The ICF Children and Youth version (ICF-CY) was derived from the ICF and designed to capture the specific situation of the developing child. As ASD affects individuals throughout the life span, and the ICF-CY includes all ICF categories, the ICF-CY will be used in this project ("ICF(-CY)" from now on). The ICF(-CY) categories to be included in the ICF Core Sets for ASD will be determined at an ICF Core Set Consensus Conference, where evidence from four preparatory studies (a systematic review, an expert survey, a patient and caregiver qualitative study, and a clinical cross-sectional study) will be integrated. Comprehensive and Brief ICF Core Sets for ASD will be developed with the goal of providing useful standards for research and clinical practice and generating a common language for functioning and impairment in ASD in different areas of life and across the life span. Autism Res 2014, 7: 167-172. © 2013 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bölte, Sven
Sweden, Stockholm
Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Kind
Sweden, Stockholm
Region Stockholm
de Schipper, Elles J.
Sweden, Stockholm
Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Kind
Robison, John Elder
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Wong, Virginia Chun Nei
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
Selb, Melissa
Switzerland, Nottwil
Icf Research Branch
Switzerland, Nottwil
Swiss Paraplegic Centre
Singhal, Nidhi
India, New Delhi
Action for Autism
de Vries, Petrus J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Statistics
Citations: 91
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/aur.1335
ISSN:
19393792
e-ISSN:
19393806
Research Areas
Disability
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Quantitative
Systematic review