What domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health are covered by the most commonly used measurement instruments in traumatic brain injury research?

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• 作者：Sara Laxe^a ; ^{slaxe@guttmann.com} ; Uta Tschiesner^b ; ^c ; ^{Uta.Tschiesner@med.uni-muenchen.de} ; Nathan Zasler^d ; ^{nzasler@cccv-ltd.com} ; Raquel Ló ; pez-Blazquez^e ; ^{rlopez@guttmann.com} ; Jose M. Tormos^e ; ^{jmtormos@guttmann.com} ; Montserrat Bernabeu^a ; ^{mbernabeu@guttmann.com}
• 关键词：ICF Core Set ; Neurorehabilitation ; Traumatic brain injury ; Linking ; Outcome measures ; International classification of functioning ; Disability and health
• 刊名：Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：60_03038467
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：114
• 期：6
• 页码：645-650
• 文件大小：276 K

摘要

Objective

To identify the most frequently used outcome measurement instruments reported in clinical studies on TBI and to provide a content comparison in the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Patients and methods

A systematic literature review of clinical studies in TBI was performed using Medline, EMBASE and PsychINFO. The items of the measurement instruments present in more than 20%of the studies were linked to the ICF language.

Results

193 papers fulfilled the eligibility criteria. The frequency analysis identified six instruments: Functional Independence Measure (50%), Glasgow Outcome Scale (34%), Disability Rating Scale (32%), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (29%), Trail Making Test (26%) and Community Integration Questionnaire (22%). The analysed instruments focus on different aspects of body functions (especially DRS, WAIS and TMT) and aspects of activities and participation in life (especially CIQ and FIM). Inter-researcher agreement for the ICF linking process was 0.83.

Conclusions

Translating the items of different measurement instruments into the ICF language provides a practical tool to facilitate content comparisons among different outcome measures. The comparison can assist clinical researchers to integrate information acquired from different studies and different tools.