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Problems With the ICIDH Definition of Impairment

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1996
This paper discusses problems with the definition of impairment in the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps, in particular the inclusion in the definition of the term 'psychological'.
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The ICIDH: Evolution, Status, and Prospects

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1995
The assessment of disability prevalence in populations is a long-standing concern. In the mid-1970s the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced a scheme for the measurement of the consequences of disease. The classification of the long-term non-fatal consequences of disease is structured on three axes, corresponding roughly to experiences at the ...
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Human Experience in Disablement: The Imperative of the ICIDH

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1995
The ICIDH recognizes that the perspectives of people whose lives are personally shaped by disablement are critical to improving our understanding of disease consequences. However, this 'insider's perspective' has received comparatively little attention in medical research. This article suggests that the weight of medical history mitigates against human
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ICIDH und Assessments

Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin, Kurortmedizin, 2001
Die ICIDH-2 ist eine Klassifikation der funktionalen Aspekte von Gesundheit. Die Aspekte beziehen sich auf drei Dimensionen, den Korper mit seinen Systemen, die Durchfuhrung von Aktivitaten eines Individuums und die Partizipation eines Individuums an Lebensbereichen.
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Reference to ICIDH in French surveys on disability

Disability and Rehabilitation, 2003
This article deals with the development of a basis for data collection and statistics on disability in France. After having recalled the first attempts to establish statistics on disability, highlighting the lack of a reliable conceptual basis, its shows how ICIDH spread out from the geriatrics research field to the disability research field, followed ...
Pascale, Roussel, Catherine, Barral
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The ICIDH: Health Problems in a Medical and Social Perspective

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1995
The ICIDH is a classification of health problems. Impairments, disabilities, and handicaps are to be considered as three different interpretations of a person's health state. Use of the ICIDH is indicated when a person's health problems need to be described at a particular point in time, both in medical and in social terms, i.e.
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The Consequences of Asthma in Terms of the ICIDH and the Role of Physical Activities

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1995
The consequences of asthma are described in accordance with the definitions of the three levels of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). Because asthma is a chronic disease, health care should emphasize how to cope with it.
A Vermeer
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Trial use of ICIDH, October 1983

International Rehabilitation Medicine, 1985
The ICIDH contains three classifications, each relating to a different plane of experience, consequent upon disease. It is proposed that information collected in this manner provides a more effective data base for the planning of resources. To test the use of this system an evaluation was made in a residential unit for disabled adults.
I, Barrs, A M, Dowell
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The ICIDH: A review of research and prospects

International Disability Studies, 1987
This paper reviews developments in thinking about disablement, especially in response to publication of the ICIDH and from the perspective of a sociologist. The background was provided by changes in perceptions of illness and its consequences, following the emergent predominance of chronic disorders and an ageing population.
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The Need for Revision of the ICIDH: An Example — Problems in Gait

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1995
In this article a proposal is formulated for adjustment of the Classification of Impairments and the Classification of Disabilities of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH). This proposal is a product of a project from the Dutch National Institute of Research and Postgraduate Education in Physical Therapy.
J W Brandsma
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