Inter-rater agreement when linking stroke interventions to the extended international classification of functioning, disability and health core set for stroke

CONCLUSION: Greater reliability when linking interventions to ICF codes can be achieved by; health services using a consistent progress note that uses ICF language, recording the intervention aim, linkers knowing the aims of each discipline's interventions and using multiple reliability checks and analysis to inform the linking method.Implications for rehabilitationLinking intervention targets to the ICF and to the ICHI is an emerging research field.Development of trustworthy inter-rater reliability methods is needed to achieve its potential to demonstrate the equity, quality and effectiveness of interventions.Independent linking of patient notes to the ICF can identify factors that impact inter-rater reliability.When writing patient notes, health professionals should use a consistent format that identifies the functional target of the intervention using ICF terms.PMID:34870548 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2021.2008525

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 6, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Melissa Evans Catherine Sykes Clare Hocking Richard Siegert Nick Garratt Source Type: research