Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify and update information on the applicability of functional assessment through the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY) in children with disabilities. Methods: a search was carried out on the databases of the Virtual Health Library Research Portal, EBSCOhost and Google Scholar, using a combination of the key words "children with disabilities", "ICF" and "mobility". Results: altogether, 2,773 studies were identified; however, after the filters were applied, only 27 were selected. After an explored analysis of the themes of the articles, this diagnosis revealed four analytical categories: environment (4 articles), quality of movement (3 articles), family (4 articles), and professionals (16 articles). Conclusion: in face of the sufferings experienced by families with disabled people, different possible approaches to this phenomenon were pointed out. Therefore, a greater effort of investigation and intervention in these fields are necessary, further exploring this tool.
Highlights
In the beginning of the 1980’s, the United Nations revealed that many countries had statistics regarding people with disabilities
Considering that the ICF-CY evaluates their functioning in order to gain deeper knowledge of the activities performed and the conditions in which they participate in significant contexts of the child’s development[9], and intending to reflect on social equity to promote health and development of the children with deficiency, this integrative review had as its aim to verify the main elucidations in the current literature concerning the applicability of the functioning assessment by means of the ICF-CY in children with
B) Defining the eligibility criteria: in order to be included in this review, the studies had to meet the following inclusion criteria: it had to be published as an original article; it had to be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish or other language; and, it had to address relevant issues regarding the functioning assessment of children with deficiencies
Summary
In the beginning of the 1980’s, the United Nations revealed that many countries had statistics regarding people with disabilities. The ICF is organized into four components: Body Function, Body Structures, Activities and Participation, and Environmental Factors This method offers a classification model which takes into account the presence and seriousness of a health problem, either as an individual or social situation, enabling the a standardized language regarding functioning[2]. Considering that the ICF-CY evaluates their functioning in order to gain deeper knowledge of the activities performed and the conditions in which they participate in significant contexts of the child’s development[9], and intending to reflect on social equity to promote health and development of the children with deficiency, this integrative review had as its aim to verify the main elucidations in the current literature concerning the applicability of the functioning assessment by means of the ICF-CY in children with. Family support and ICF-CY | 3/10 deficiencies, in order to offer support to the families in dealing with their necessities
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