Table 3 Patient goals assessed by semi-structured goal assessment linked to International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) categories
From: “What would you like to achieve?” Goal-Setting in Patients with Dementia in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Goals grouped by ICF chapters | n (%) | ICF codes and categories |
|---|---|---|
Mobility | 72 (50) | |
Mobility and Balance | 12 | d410, 415 changing and maintaining body positions, d420 transferring oneself |
Moving around | 21 | d460, 465 Moving around in different locations |
Walking | 31 | d450 Walking, d4502 Walking on different surfaces d4501 Walking long distances |
Stair climbing (80 steps) | 2 | d4551 Climbing |
Driving a car | 2 | d475 Driving |
Mobility of hand and arm | 2 | d445 Hand and arm use |
Swimming | 2 | d4554 Swimming |
Domestic life | 6 (4) | |
Gardening | 1 | d6505 Taking care of plants outdoors |
To do the housework | 4 | d630 Preparing meals, d640 Doing housework |
Sewing | 1 | d6500 Making and repairing clothes |
Self-care | 5 (3) | |
Toileting | 3 | d530 Toileting |
Bathing, showering | 1 | d510 Washing oneself |
Putting on or taking off clothes | 1 | d540 Dressing |
Relationship | 2 (1) | |
To socialize | 2 | d750, d760 Informal and family relationship |
General tasks and demands | 2 (1) | |
To recharge one’s battery to carry out and manage everyday tasks | 2 | d240 handling stress |
Communication | 1 (< 1) | |
Communicate with others by language | 1 | d330 speaking |
Mental functions | 2 (1) | |
Regulation of depressive symptoms | 1 | b152 Emotional functions |
Memory, cognition | 1 | b144 Memory functions |
Sensory function and pain | 13 (9) | |
Sensation of generalized or localized pain | 7 | b280 Pain |
Visual functions | 1 | b210 Seeing functions |
Dizziness | 5 | b240 Dizziness and vertigo |
Functions of the cardiovascular system | 4 (3) | |
Physical endurance, fatigability | 4 | b455 Exercise tolerance functions |
Neuromusculoskeletal and movement related functions | 2 (1) | |
Handgrip | 2 | b730 Muscle power functions |
Support and relationship | 2 (1) | |
Organize support and care for the post-hospitalization phase | 2 | e340 Personal care providers and personal assistants |
Goals unrelated to ICF coding | 32 (22) | |
General health/ convalescence | 10 | Not definable |
Autonomy/ returning home | 22 | Not definable |