Article

The extended international classification of functioning, disability and
health (ICF) core set for stroke is an application of the ICF of the World Health
Organisation (WHO) with the purpose to represent the typical spectrum of
functioning of persons with stroke. The objective of the study was to add
evidence to the validation of the extended ICF core set for stroke from the
perspective of patients using focus groups to explore the aspects of functioning
and health important to persons with stroke. METHOD: The sampling of patients
followed the maximum variation strategy. Sample size was determined by
saturation. The focus groups were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim.
After qualitative data analysis, the resulting concepts were linked to ICF
categories and compared to the categories included in the extended ICF core set
for stroke. RESULTS: Sixty patients participated in 15 focus groups. The content
of 131 out of 166 ICF categories contained in the extended ICF core set for
stroke was reported by the persons with stroke. The content of 31 additional
categories that are not covered in the extended ICF core set for stroke was
raised. CONCLUSIONS: The existing version of the extended ICF core set for stroke
could be confirmed almost entirely from patient perspective.

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