TY - JOUR

T1 - Development of the international classification of functioning, disability and health core sets for bipolar disorders

T2 - Results of an international consensus process

AU - Bipolar Disorders Core Sets Expert Group

AU - Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis

AU - Ávila, Carolina C.

AU - Anaya, Celia

AU - Cieza, Alarcos

AU - Vieta, Eduard

AU - Alarcón, Renato Daniel

AU - Bentjees, Titus Andreas

AU - de Dios, Consuelo

AU - Ezquiaga, Elena

AU - Fernández, Patricia

AU - Gusmão, Ricardo

AU - Hegerl, Ulrich

AU - Heinze, Gerhard

AU - Hernández, Matilde

AU - Leal, Itziar

AU - Lobban, Fiona

AU - Martínez-Aran, Anabel

AU - Matsuo, Koji

AU - Montes, Jose Manuel

AU - Pérez, Víctor

AU - Ptyushkin, Pavel

AU - Raust, Aurélie

AU - Sarin, Alok

AU - Sunbaunat, Ka

AU - Torrent, Carla

AU - Valle, Jesús

AU - Vázquez, Gustavo Héctor

PY - 2013/12/31

Y1 - 2013/12/31

N2 - Purpose: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a tool of the World Health Organization (WHO) designed to be a guide to identify and classify relevant domains of human experience affected by health conditions. The purpose of this article is to describe the process for the development of two Core Sets for bipolar disorder (BD) in the framework of the ICF. The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for BD intends to be a guide for multidisciplinary assessment of patients diagnosed with this condition, while the Brief ICF Core Set for BD will be useful when rating aspects of patient's experience for clinical practice or epidemiological studies. Methods: An international consensus conference involving a sample of experts with different professional backgrounds was performed using the nominal group technique. Various preparatory studies identified a set of 743 potential ICF categories to be included in the Core Sets. Results: A total of 38 ICF categories were selected to be included in the Comprehensive Core Set for BD. A total of 19 ICF categories from the Comprehensive Core Set were chosen as the most significant to constitute the Brief Core Set for BD. Conclusions: The formal consensus process integrating evidence and expert opinion on the ICF led to the formal adoption of the ICF Core Sets for BD. The most important categories included are representative of the characteristics usually associated with BD. The next phase of this ICF project is to conduct a formal validation process to establish its applicability in clinical settings.Implications for RehabilitationBipolar disorder (BD) is a prevalent condition that has a great impact on people who suffer it, not only in health but also in daily functioning and quality of life.No standard has been defined so far regarding the problems in functioning of persons with BDs.The process described in this article defines the set of areas of functioning to be addressed in clinical assessments of persons with BD and establish the starting point for the development of condition-specific outcome measures.

AB - Purpose: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a tool of the World Health Organization (WHO) designed to be a guide to identify and classify relevant domains of human experience affected by health conditions. The purpose of this article is to describe the process for the development of two Core Sets for bipolar disorder (BD) in the framework of the ICF. The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for BD intends to be a guide for multidisciplinary assessment of patients diagnosed with this condition, while the Brief ICF Core Set for BD will be useful when rating aspects of patient's experience for clinical practice or epidemiological studies. Methods: An international consensus conference involving a sample of experts with different professional backgrounds was performed using the nominal group technique. Various preparatory studies identified a set of 743 potential ICF categories to be included in the Core Sets. Results: A total of 38 ICF categories were selected to be included in the Comprehensive Core Set for BD. A total of 19 ICF categories from the Comprehensive Core Set were chosen as the most significant to constitute the Brief Core Set for BD. Conclusions: The formal consensus process integrating evidence and expert opinion on the ICF led to the formal adoption of the ICF Core Sets for BD. The most important categories included are representative of the characteristics usually associated with BD. The next phase of this ICF project is to conduct a formal validation process to establish its applicability in clinical settings.Implications for RehabilitationBipolar disorder (BD) is a prevalent condition that has a great impact on people who suffer it, not only in health but also in daily functioning and quality of life.No standard has been defined so far regarding the problems in functioning of persons with BDs.The process described in this article defines the set of areas of functioning to be addressed in clinical assessments of persons with BD and establish the starting point for the development of condition-specific outcome measures.

KW - Bipolar disorders

KW - Disability and Health

KW - International Classification of Functioning

KW - World Health Organization

U2 - 10.3109/09638288.2013.771708

DO - 10.3109/09638288.2013.771708

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 23586666

AN - SCOPUS:84887661260

VL - 35

SP - 2138

EP - 2146

JO - Disability and Rehabilitation

JF - Disability and Rehabilitation

SN - 0963-8288

IS - 25

ER -