Using content analysis to link texts on assessment and intervention to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - version for Children and Youth (ICF-CY).

Authors

  • Nina Klang Ibragimova
  • Mia Pless
  • Margareta Adolfsson
  • Mats Granlund
  • Eva Björck-Åkesson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0831

Keywords:

documentation, assessment, intervention, ICF-CY, children, disabilities.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To explore how content analysis can be used together with linking rules to link texts on assessment and intervention to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - version for children and youth (ICF-CY). METHODS: Individual habilitation plans containing texts on assessment and intervention for children with disabilities and their families were linked to the ICF-CY using content ana-lysis. Texts were first divided into meaning units in order to extract meaningful concepts. Meaningful concepts that were difficult to link to ICF-CY codes were grouped, and coding schemes with critical attributes were developed. Meaningful concepts that could not be linked to the ICF-CY were assigned to the categories "not-definable" and "not-covered", using coding schemes with mutually exclusive categories. RESULTS: The size of the meaning units selected resulted in different numbers and contents of meaningful concepts. Coding schemes with critical attributes of ICF-CY codes facilitated the linking of meaningful concepts to the most appropriate ICF-CY codes. Coding schemes with mutually exclusive categories facilitated the classification of meaningful concepts that could or could not be linked to the ICF-CY. CONCLUSION: Content analysis techniques can be applied together with linking rules in order to link texts on assessment and intervention to the ICF-CY.

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Published

2011-06-22

How to Cite

Klang Ibragimova, N., Pless, M., Adolfsson, M., Granlund, M., & Björck-Åkesson, E. (2011). Using content analysis to link texts on assessment and intervention to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - version for Children and Youth (ICF-CY). Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 43(8), 728–733. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0831

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Original Report