Occupational Therapists' Perspective on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets (ICF-CS) for Schizophrenia

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The ICF Core Sets for schizophrenia were validated from the perspective of occupational therapists and are potentially useful tools for clinical practice because they cover a wide variety of problems that occupational therapists deal with in interventions with people with schizophrenia.WHAT THIS ARTICLE ADDS: The ICF-CSs for schizophrenia are useful guides for describing and classifying functioning, disability, and health to aid occupational therapy intervention with people with schizophrenia. Occupational therapists are essential in the rehabilitation of this client population, and their perspective has contributed to the development and enrichment of the ICF-CSs for schizophrenia.PMID:33657348 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2021.041509
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research