L2 ICF

Question 1

what does ICF stand for

Answer 1

International classification of Functioning, disability and health (WHO, 2001)

Question 2

medical model of disability

Answer 2

• Views disability as a feature if the person, directly caused by a disease or health condition
• It requires medical care, treatment or intervention

Question 3

problem with medical model of disability

Answer 3

sees disability as a problem to fix, and therefore views disabled people as less than for having their disability

Question 4

social model of disability

Answer 4

• Views disability as a socially created problem and not at all an attribute of an individual
• Demands a political response as the problem is created by an unaccommodating physical environment, or brought about by attitudes and other features of a social environment

Question 5

problem with social model of disability

Answer 5

doesn’t recognise the broad spectrum of disability eg. a condition that causes severe chronic pain is a real physical problem

Question 6

biopsychosocial model of disability

Answer 6

• Integrates the best parts of the medical and social models without making the mistakes that they each make
• Doesn’t reduce the complex notion of disability to one of its aspects
• Validly measuring disability involves reviewing all aspects of the complexity

Question 7

three different perspectives of health that ICF takes into consideration

Answer 7

biological, individual and social

Question 8

biological factors impacting disability

Answer 8

age, gender, genetics, physiologic reactions, tissue health

Question 9

psychological factors affecting disability

Answer 9

mental health, emotional health, beliefs and expectations

Question 10

sociological affects of disability

Answer 10

interpersonal relationships, social support dynamics and socioeconomics

Question 11

three things domains of the ICF help us describe changes in

Answer 11

• body structure and function
• capacity
• performance

Question 12

capacity

Answer 12

what a person with a health environment can do in a standard environment

Question 13

performance

Answer 13

what a person with a health condition actually does in their usual environment

Question 14

three ways domains in the ICF are classified

Answer 14

• body structures and function perspective
• activity and participation perspective
• personal and environmental perspective

Question 15

body functions

Answer 15

physiological functions of body systems

Question 16

body structures

Answer 16

anatomical parts of the body such as organs or limbs and their components

Question 17

impairments

Answer 17

problems in body function or structure such as a significant deviation or loss

Question 18

activity

Answer 18

he execution of a task or action by an individual

Question 19

activity limitations

Answer 19

difficulties an individual may have in executing activities

Question 20

participation

Answer 20

involvement in a life situation

Question 21

participations restrictions

Answer 21

problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations

Question 22

Environmental factors

Answer 22

the physical, social, and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives
- Has + facilitators
- Has - barriers

Question 23

four potential uses of the ICF

Answer 23

1. Service provision - assessment, diagnosis, and intervention evaluation
2. Research - international collaboration
3. Policy development
4. Economic Analyses

Question 24

three parts of ICF codes

Answer 24

• Code - what we are talking about - ie a component such as body function or environment eg. structures involved in voice and speech
• Domain: what domain of the component are we referencing eg. tongue
• Qualifier - what are we saying about it - presence ans severity of a problem in functioning at body, person and societal levels eg. moderate/partial absence

Question 25

two contextual factors

Answer 25

personal and environmental

Question 26

examples of personal factors

Answer 26

gender, age, coping styles, social background, education, profession, past and current experience, overall behaviour pattern, character

Question 27

examples of environmental factors

Answer 27

social attitudes, architectural characteristics, legal and social structures, climate, terrain