CH 1 - ICF Model

Question 1

What is the ICF Model?

Answer 1

-framework for describing and organizing information on functioning and disability.

Question 2

What are the 6 components of the ICF model?

Answer 2

1. Health Condition
2. Body Function & Structure (impairments)
3. Activities (limitations)
4. Participation (restrictions)
5. Environmental Factors
6. Personal Factors

Question 3

What is the Health Condition category?

Answer 3

-disease, disorder, injury

Ex: Osteoarthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Pneumonia

Question 4

What is the Body Function & Structure category?

Answer 4

• ‘Impairments’ = problems in body function or structure
• Body or body part
• Ex: Pain, ROM, Muscle Weakness, Lack of knee flexion

Question 5

What is the Activities category?

Answer 5

• ‘Limitations’
• Whole Person
• Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities.
• Ex: Mobility, Standing, ADL’s, Grasping

Question 6

What is the Participation category?

Answer 6

• ‘Restrictions’
• Involvement in a life situation
• Problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations and societal interactions
• Ex: Family Relations, Social Life, Recreation and Leisure, Participation in Religious Activities

Question 7

What is the Environmental Factors category?

Answer 7

• can be ‘facilitators’ or ‘barriers’
• Facilitators = factors that improve* functioning and *reduce disability
• Barriers = factors that limit* functioning and *create disability
• Ex: Workplace, Housing and Transportation facilities, Family and friends, Handicap accessibility

Question 8

What is the Personal Factors category?

Answer 8

• Attributes of the person that influence how disability is experienced by that individual.
• Ex: Health Behavior, Coping strategies, Age and Gender, Anxiety, Lack of Support

Question 9

What type of ICF model classification is this:

Inability to work

Answer 9

Participation restriction

Question 10

ICF model classification:

COVID-19

Answer 10

Health condition

Question 11

ICF model classification:

Quadriceps weakness

Answer 11

Impairment

Question 12

ICF model classification:

Inability to stand up from a chair

Answer 12

Activity Limitation

Question 13

ICF model classification:

Sensory loss in the hands

Answer 13

Impairment

Question 14

ICF model classification:

Requires assistance to roll over in bed

Answer 14

Activity limitation

Question 15

ICF model classification:

Inability to attend school

Answer 15

Participation Restriction

Question 16

Classify either Personal or Environmental Factor:

Low motivation

Answer 16

Personal

Question 17

Classify either Personal or Environmental Factor:

Hostile social environment at work

Answer 17

Environmental

Question 18

Classify either Personal or Environmental Factor:

Advanced age

Answer 18

Personal

Question 19

Classify either Personal or Environmental Factor:

Constructively supportive family

Answer 19

Personal

Question 20

Classify either Personal or Environmental Factor:

Accessible Polling place

Answer 20

Environmental

Question 21

A patient is practicing the skill of stepping over obstacles.

Which element of the ICF model does this therapeutic activity MOST directly address?

Answer 21

Activity Limitation

Question 22

How does COVID-19 affect us using the ICF model?

Answer 22

Impairments

• Endurance
• Strength
• Balance