The construct validity of ICF generic set as a measure of functioning in clinical practice of China / 中国康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the construct validity of ICF generic set as a functioning measure tool in routine clinical practice of China.Method:Totally 4510 patients covering departments of rehabilitation,neurology or cerebral surgery,cardiology,pneumology and orthopedics from 50 hospitals in 21 provinces of mainland China were enrolled in this multicenter study.Each patient was assessed by the same rater with ICF generic set at the time of baseline and discharge.Result:At the time of discharge,with exception of the scores of item d850,the scores of ICF generic set is (15.25±13.48),which is lower than that of the baseline (23.76±15.15).Two common factors which come from factor analysis are almost consisted with theoretic structure,and the contributing rate of cumulative sums was 78.018％.Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the model was consistent with the theoretical assumption,and the fitness indexes were RMSEA=0.026,NFI=0.999,CFI=0.999,AGFI=0.994.Conclusion:The construct validity of ICF generic set is good,The ICF generic is a useful functioning measure tool in routine clinical practice.