Validation of a Disability Assessment Tool Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in the Chinese Context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The common standards of disability assessment for long-term care (LTC) insurance are currently absent. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was designed for a better description of health and functioning, which could fill the demand gap for the standards of disability assessment and be a promising tool for the development of LTC insurance system.

Objectives

To validate a disability assessment scale for disabled elderly individuals based on the ICF for LTC in the Chinese context.

Methods

The present study is a cross-sectional study. A disability assessment tool based on the ICF was developed by referring to other assessment tools and an expert consensus meeting in the initial phase of the study. The developed tool was

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397936 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature