Documentation Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
Disablement
The consequences that chronic or acute conditions have on the body and the person’s ability to act in a socially expected and personally desired way.
Functioning
Umbrella Term, Includes all body functions, activities, and limitations.
Positive Ascpect
Disability
Umbrella Term, Dysfunction at one or more impairments, activity limitation, and participation restriction
Negative aspect
Body Functions
physiology of the body and psychological functions
(how everything works together)
Body Structures
anatomy of body
(all the physical parts and pieces)
Impairments
problems with body functions or structures
Activity
functional tasks a person can do
Activity Limitations
functional tasks a person CAN NOT do
Participation
life roles a person can participate in
Participation Restrictions
life roles a person CAN NOT participate in
Contextual Factors
Factors that make up a person’s life, living, and background
Environmental Factors
Physical, social, and attitudes the person lives and carries out their lives in
Like home, work, government, and country
Personal Factors
Specific to the person and their background.
Like age, gender, race, childhood, and coping strategies.
Difference between impairment, activity limitation, and participation restriction.
Impairment is a problem in the body’s function or structure like limited ROM.
Activity limitation is a task the person can not complete like brushing their hair.
Participation restriction is a life event a person can not take part in like the ability to work.
Documentation
Any entry into the individual’s health record like consultation reports, initial examination reports, progress notes, summations of care, etc. that identifies the care the person received and their response to that care.
Why is there a need for a common language in PT documentation?
If there was no common language in PT documentation there would be no common ground from specialty to specialty causing miscommunication between reimbursors and other health care providers. It would also be hard to read and apply EBPs to treatment.
How can disablement concepts be integrated into PT documentation?
A PTA can incorporate disablement concepts into their documentation by including measures of impairments, limitations, or restrictions and describing how the impairment is involved in such limitations and restrictions. The PTA should also explain how the interventions are bringing change to the impairment, limitations, and restrictions.