Table 3 Core features in disability evaluation and their coverage in the ICF
Core features for assessing work (in-)capacity | ICF Framework | ICF Definitions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
1) Functional capacity of the claimant | Activity and participation | Activity and participation | |
2 Health condition (Disease, symptoms, complaints) | Health condition Body functions/structures | (∅) Body functions/ structure | Disease is a component of the ICF framework but not included in the ICF definitions. It can be coded in the ICD*. |
3) Socio-medical history (claimant's development and severity of ill health condition, his previous efforts to regain health and return to work, job and social career) | Implicit in the framework but no explicit presentation | ∅ | The ICF definitions do not cover the development over time. |
4) Prognosis of disease and functional capacity | ∅ | Partly: capacity | The ICF framework and ICF definitions do not cover the time perspective. |
5) Feasibility of interventions and rehabilitation | Environmental factors | Environmental factors (facilitators and barriers) | The ICF framework and ICF definitions cover intervention and rehabilitation however; they do not cover dynamic time perspective or the qualification ‘requirement to comply’. |
6) Causality: functional incapacity exclusively caused by health condition | ∅ | ∅ | The ICF framework displays a person holistically |
7) Consistency of the situation of the claimant | Partly: between the impairments, activity limitations and restrictions in work | ∅ | |
8) Ability to work (in general hours and %) | ∅ | ∅ |