Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Applying Outcomes Research to Disability and HealthThe ICIDH-2: Developments for a new era of outcomes research☆,☆☆,★,★★
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Background
The ICIDH is among the “family of classifications” developed, maintained, and disseminated by the World Health Organization (WHO).1 Another member of this family is the much older and more widely used International Classification of Diseases (ICD). It was first published in 1893 and is now in its 10th revision; the ICIDH was first published in 1980 and is now undergoing its first revision. In evaluating the progress of the ICIDH to date, it is well to keep in mind the long and difficult history
Purposes, organization, and activities of the revision process
The general revision of the ICIDH was undertaken by WHO collaborating centers for health classifications. Collaborating centers are organizations in WHO member nations that have entered into an agreement (“terms of reference”) with a WHO office to collaborate on specified activities. Collaborating centers usually are responsible for WHO activities in geographic areas defined by national boundaries and language. Thus, the WHO Collaborating Center for the Classification of Diseases in North
Discussion
The ICIDH-2 addresses several inadequacies of the original ICIDH by introducing the dimensions of Activity, Participation, and Contextual Factors. These dimensions provide a classification system that reaches beyond traditional body-centered descriptors of disability to include factors that social and empowerment models of disability advocate as being important to understanding disability.11, 12, 13 In addition to changes in the ICIDH-2 dimensions, new approaches to coding are being considered.
Conclusion
The original ICIDH broadened the concept of disability by including factors outside the traditional classification boundaries of disease, illness, and functional limitations. The ICIDH-2 is responsive to the evolution of disability models that now include environmental factors as important contributors to understanding the complexity of sources for disability. This inclusiveness offers an opportunity for a consensus on the terms used to describe disability and on the scope of factors to include
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Supported by the Office on Disability and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant no. R04/CCR714134).
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Address correspondence to David B. Gray, PhD, Prog in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108; e-mail: [email protected].
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