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Applicability of the ICF in Primary Care Physiotherapy Units in the Health Service of Castille and Leon (Spain)

NCT04135976 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 401

Last updated 2023-12-12

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Summary

The primary care physiotherapy units of the Spanish health service in Castille and Leon (SACYL) are responsible for providing physiotherapy treatments to the general population. Being part of the primary health care system, the actions of these units are aimed at the treatment of common conditions that do not involve severity, frequently musculoskeletal disorders.

The work of physiotherapists is closely related to the functionality of patients and, in this sense, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a conceptual framework to characterize the functional status of individuals.

The use of ICF in the clinical setting is not sufficiently widespread due to the the difficulties that the use of such an exhaustive classification implies in practice. In an attempt to address this problem, the WHO has encouraged the development of reduced versions aimed at responding to specific conditions or care contexts.

The idea behind the development of core sets is that it is possible to select a number of categories so as to capture the essence of a given clinical process, allowing an agile use of the ICF. However, in order to put these core sets into practice, it is necessary to check that the selected categories are valid from the perspective of the participants in the clinical processes.

The purpose of this research project is to determine whether the musculoskeletal core sets of the ICF are applicable in SACYL primary care physiotherapy units. This implies knowing if the categories already selected in these sets are representative of the health aspects considered as most relevant in the clinical context of physiotherapy in primary care.

To achieve this, four studies will be conducted to capture the perspective of patients, physiotherapists, researchers and clinical practice. This information will be translated into the language of the ICF to obtain comparable categories with those present in the core sets.

In this way, this research project will make possible to validate or adapt the core sets of the ICF for musculoskeletal conditions, in a specific clinical context of physiotherapy in primary care.

Conditions

  • Musculoskeletal Diseases or Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sanidad de Castilla y León

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Valladolid

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • María Teresa Mingo Gómez · University of Valladolid

  • Héctor Hernández Lázaro · University of Valladolid

  • Sandra Jiménez del Barrio · University of Valladolid

  • Luis Ceballos Laita · University of Valladolid

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-01
Primary Completion
2023-02-01
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

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