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Τρίτη 5 Ιουνίου 2018

Narrative Medicine in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and a rehabilitation project based on International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

Objective To systematize the disability condition related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and Narrative Medicine approach as a common tool to identify a patient's functional problems. Once identified, this can be used as the basis for an individual rehabilitation project. Design An observational study on patients residing in a central region of Italy with a diagnosis of ALS. The narrative approach involved listening to the patients' stories while guiding them with a semi-structured questionnaire of 19 ICF items taken from the WHO-DAS II. A score from 0-4 for capacity (C) and performance (P) was adopted to evaluate each patient's functioning in their daily living activities. Results The ICF questionnaire was able to discriminate among responders (p

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