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PURPOSE: To describe the first Italian experience of ICF implementation in the
Labour Sector by a Ministerial body, and the development of the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based worker
checklist. METHODS: Nation-wide training was provided. ICF-based worker checklist
was developed by linking Italian legislative procedures and schedules to the ICF,
and by adding standard ICF checklist's categories. When a third-level ICF
category was linked, the corresponding second-level one was included in the
worker checklist too. RESULTS: Eighty-four ICF categories were linked and five
were added due to rolling-up procedure: 15 from body functions, 65 from
activities and participation and 4 from environmental factors. In total, the
dedicated ICF-based worker checklist is composed of 183 ICF categories, 34 of
whom are at the third level and 89 from the domain of activities and
participation. CONCLUSIONS: The inclusion of the standard ICF checklist's items
aimed to complement the information contained in the ministerial schedule, in
which ICF categories from environmental factors domain are underrepresented.
Future directions include the development of an ICF-based company checklist and
an application tool for matching the information derived from the worker and the
company ICF-based checklists.

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