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1052 – Assessment Of The Degree Of Dependence According To The Principles Of The Icf Concerning People Suffering From Mental And Behavioural Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2020
Abstract
Since 2007, there has been a gradual increase in the total number of the institutionally approved dependency regarding mental disorders (21 596 cases in 2007, 24 317 cases in 2011). The newly proposed criteria of the assessment of the degree of dependence from January 1, 2012 are set according to the principles of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The aim was to take into account the social needs of patients suffering from mental disorders.
The assessment of the degree of dependence includes the evaluation of the functional impact of the longterm unfavourable state of health on the ability to manage the 10 basic needs. The basic needs are further specified by the ICF principles and activities. Prior to the adoption of this method, assessing the degree of dependence had been tested in terms of its functionality, reliability and impact on disabled people. The tests have demonstrated moderate benefits of this method for people suffering from mental disorders.
[The 10 basic needs in the ICF classification].
Mobility | Chapter 4 Mobility, such as d 450 Walking, d 460, d 410 |
Orientation | Chapter 1 Learning and applying knowledge, such as codes d 110 - 129 |
Communication | Chapter 3 Communication, d 310 - d 360 |
Self-feeding | Chapter 5 Self-care, eating and drinking, d 550 - 560 |
Putting on clothes and footwear | Chapter 5 Self-care, d 540 |
Washing oneself | Chapter 5 Self-care, d 510 - 520 |
Toileting | Chapter 5 Self-care, d 530 |
Looking after one's health | Chapter 5 Self-care, d 570, Chapter 2 General tasks and demands, such as d 230 |
Personal activities | Chapter 8 Major life areas, such as d 810 - 820, Chapter 9 Community, social and civic life, such as d 910 - 920 |
Household tasks | Chapter 6 Domestic life, such as d 630 - 640 |
The method in question provides an efficient interconnection within the ICF application in both healthcare and dependence degree assessment. Thus, the reflection of ICF in new medical assessment criteria used to assess the degree of dependence will contribute to a change in how healthcare professionals perceive disabilities, and it will ensure that the areas of healthcare, aftercare or long-term care, and the social area are combined more effectively.
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- European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E460
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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