Objective: To quantify the agreement between functional assessments by a single rater and a team using the Chinese version of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set in a clinical situation. Design: Inter-rater, multi-centre agreement study. Subjects: A total of 193 adult inpatients admitted to 5 rehabilitation centres at 5 hospitals in China Methods: The Chinese version of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set was used by either a single rater or a team to assess 193 patients at 5 Chinese hospitals. Percentage of agreement and quadratic-weighted kappa coefficients were computed. Evaluation times were compared with paired t-tests. Results: The mean team and individual evaluation times were not significantly different. The percentage of agreement ranged from 46.1% to 94.2% depending on the item, and the quadratic-weighted kappas ranged from 0.43 to 0.92. Eight categories (26.6%) showed a weighted kappa exceeding 0.4, 11 others (36.7%) exceeded 0.6, and another 11 (36.7%) produced kappas of more than 0.8. Conclusion: Either a single rater or a team of raters can produce valid and consistent ratings when using the Chinese version of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set to assess patients in a rehabilitation department. The team rating approach is suitable for clinical application.

OBJECTIVE:To develop a team approach to applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set (ICF-RS) in clinical evaluation.DESIGN:A Delphi study.SUBJECTS:Experts from rehabilitation institutions in China including physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.METHODS:A 2-round Delphi survey and expert panel discussion were used to generate the team approach. Firstly, the candidate types of professionals for team rating were chosen through expert panel discussion. A carefully selected group of participants was then asked to score the suitability of physicians, nurses, or other candidate therapists for each category's rat-ing, applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set in clinical evaluation. After initial assignment of cate-gory to types of professionals, a second round Delphi survey was conducted to quantify the professionals' agreement with the category assignments and generate a final team evaluation approach.RESULTS:Thirty of the category assignments achiev-ed consensus. The final team evaluation approach assigned 6 categories to physicians to evaluate, 7 categories to nurses, 9 categories to physiotherapists, and 8 to occupational therapists.CONCLUSION:Such a team evaluation approach could facilitate implementation of the ICF-RS in clinical settings and provide a more convenient assessment tool for professionals.

目的:探讨ICF康复组合(ICF-RS)作为功能评价工具应用于岭南地区住院脑卒中患者的适用性,并了解脑卒中患者的身体功能、活动、参与三个维度的功能状况.方法:采用多中心研究的方式,选取岭南地区8所医院,按照统一的诊断标准对2019年9月-2020年8月期间住院康复的134例脑卒中患者(包括脑梗死、脑出血)采集人口学资料并评定其功能状况.资料的采集及功能测评工具为本课题组前期基于ICF-RS量化标准开发的ICF-RS APP.结果:脑卒中患者身体功能状况较差的类目为b455运动和耐受能力、b640性功能、b130能量和驱动能力,活动功能状况较差的类目为d455到处移动、d240控制应激和其他心理需求、d640做家务,参与功能状况较差的类目为d660帮助别人、d470利用交通工具、d920娱乐和休闲;通过对比三个维度限定值的频数分布情况发现,身体功能、活动、参与三个维度的功能障碍严重程度逐渐加重;照顾人类型不同对脑卒中患者功能状况的影响尚需进一步验证.结论:ICF-RS可用于临床多中心评价脑卒中患者的功能,且能够从身体功能、活动、参与三个维度反映患者的功能状况.

BACKGROUND:The Chinese assessment standards of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set is available now. It is coming to be used as a basic functional evaluation tool in China. With data accumulating, a mobile application is needed to eliminate the extra cost of data entry, storage, and graphical presentation of trends. This study aimed to design, develop and test a mobile app based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set Rehabilitation Set.METHODS:The study had three phases. The first involved specifying the functional requirements of the app. Then an app was designed and refined to meet those requirements. In a pilot test, the app was used by rehabilitation professionals in clinical practice and their comments were collected for its further modification in one-on-one interviews.RESULTS:The app met the initial requirements, and the pilot study showed it worked as designed. The pilot study also showed that the app is user-friendly and convenient to use in rehabilitation practice. Some feedback was given to improve the app.CONCLUSION:An Android mobile app implementing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Rehabilitation Set was successfully developed.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the long-term efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in enhancing motor recovery in the upper extremities of stroke patients.METHODSA total of 46 patients with stroke were assigned to a neuromuscular electrical stimulation group or a control group. All patients received a standard rehabilitation programme. Patients in the neuromuscular electrical stimulation group received neuromuscular electrical stimulation for 30 min, 5 days a week for 3 weeks. Measurements were recorded before treatment, at the 2nd and 3rd week of treatment and 1, 3 and 6 months after treatment ended. The Modified Ashworth Scale for spasticity, the upper extremity section of the Fugl-Meyer motor assessment, and the Modified Barthel Index were used to assess the results.RESULTSSignificant improvements were found in both groups in terms of Fugl-Meyer motor assessment, and Modified Ashworth Scale scores after the 3rd week of treatment. The significant improvements persisted 1 month after treatment had been discontinued. At 3 and 6 months after treatment was discontinued the average scores in the neuromuscular electrical stimulation group were significantly better than those in the control group.CONCLUSIONThree weeks of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the affected upper extremity of patients with stroke improves motor recovery. The effect persists for at least 6 months.