Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-5-2020
Abstract
(1) Objective: The World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) classification is a unified framework for the description of health and health-related states. This study aimed to use the ICF framework to classify outcome measures used in follow-up studies of coronavirus outbreaks and make recommendations for future studies. (2) Methods: EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsycINFO were systematically searched for original studies assessing clinical outcomes in adult survivors of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS), middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) and coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) after hospital discharge. Individual items of the identified outcome measures were linked to ICF second-level and third-level categories using ICF linking rules and categorized according to an ICF component. (3) Results: In total, 33 outcome measures were identified from 36 studies. Commonly used (a) ICF body function measures were Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT), Impact of event scale (IES-R) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); (b) ICF activity was 6-Minute Walking Distance (6MWD); (c) ICF participation measures included Short Form-36 (SF-36) and St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). ICF environmental factors and personal factors were rarely measured. (4) Conclusions: We recommend future COVID-19 follow-up studies to use the ICF framework to select a combination of outcome measures that capture all the components for a better understanding of the impact on survivors and planning interventions to maximize functional return.
Recommended Citation
Patel, Kajal; Straudi, Sofia; Yee Sien, Ng; Fayed, Nora; Melvin, John L.; and Sivan, Manoj, "Applying the WHO ICF Framework to the Outcome Measures Used in the Evaluation of Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Coronavirus Outbreaks" (2020). Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 41.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/rmfp/41
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PubMed ID
32899534
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 18, 2 September 2020, Article number 6476.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186476. Copyright © Patel et al.