Boonen Annelies, Stucki Gerold, Maksymowych Walter, Rat Anne Christine, Escorpizo Ruben, Boers Maarten
Maastricht University Medical Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
J Rheumatol. 2009 Sep;36(9):2057-60. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.090357.
At OMERACT 8 in May 2006 in Malta, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was introduced as a universal model and a universal classification to describe human functioning. The potential usefulness of the ICF for the OMERACT process was highlighted and reported in a position paper following the OMERACT 8 meeting. Since then representatives of several OMERACT working groups with an interest in the ICF joined an OMERACT-ICF reference group. Most members had experience with the ICF and worked further to integrate the ICF into OMERACT. We describe the main roles of the ICF in the OMERACT process and the challenges when practice confronts theory.
2006年5月在马耳他举行的第8届国际风湿病临床研究核心组会议(OMERACT 8)上,《国际功能、残疾和健康分类》(ICF)作为描述人类功能的通用模型和通用分类被引入。ICF对OMERACT流程的潜在实用性在OMERACT 8会议后的一份立场文件中得到强调和报告。从那时起,几个对ICF感兴趣的OMERACT工作组的代表加入了一个OMERACT-ICF参考小组。大多数成员都有ICF相关经验,并进一步努力将ICF融入OMERACT。我们描述了ICF在OMERACT流程中的主要作用以及实践与理论碰撞时面临的挑战。