Perceptions and attitudes towards the implementation of a disability evaluation system based on the international classification of functioning, disability, and health among people with disabilities in Taiwan.

CONCLUSIONS: Persons with disabilities and their primary caregivers have positive attitudes towards the new system. It is important to simplify the assessment tools and procedures to improve the system's quality of process and facilitate its usability. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Persons with disabilities have positive attitudes towards the newly implemented International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health-based disability evaluation system in Taiwan. The system that provides comprehensive information about functioning and disability of persons with disabilities is able to capture the difficulties and needs of those individuals in their daily lives. The system hence helps people to mitigate the effects of disability and guide rehabilitation. The assessment items and processes of the system, however, were perceived to be complicated, time-consuming, and inconvenient. Simplifying the assessment items and processes, such as developing a short form version of the assessment tool and increasing the service time, may facilitate the usability of the system. PMID: 29478346 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research