RT info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint
T1 Comparative analysis of the musculoskeletal health in Poland and Spain: a cross-sectional study using the International Classication of Functioning, Disability and Health
A1 Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Agnieszka
A1 Sozańska, Agnieszka
A1 Jiménez del Barrio, Sandra
A1 Sozański, Bernard
A1 Ceballos Laita, Luis
A1 Hernández Lázaro, Héctor
AB Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the frameworkfor describing disability. The aim of the study was to make an ICF-based comparison betweenmusculoskeletal health in Poland and Spain.Methods: A comparative study was conducted to identify cross-cultural differences between Poland andSpain in the prevalence of ICF entities from the brief ICF core set for post-acute musculoskeletalconditions. A total of 840 people were included in the study. Information was recoded into ICF qualifiers toobtain comparable data.Results: Significant differences in functioning were found between the two samples, with a higherprevalence in all the ICF entities for the Spanish sample. Similarities were found in the ICF components‘Body Functions’ and ‘Environmental Factors’, with the most prevalent ICF entities being ‘b280 Sensation ofpain’ and ‘e225 Climate’ respectively. For ‘Activities and Participation’, differences were observed, with‘d430 Lifting and carrying objects’ being the most common for the Spanish sample and ‘d450 Walking’ forthe Polish sample.Conclusions: A theoretical application of the ICF has been empirically tested for the first time, a milestonein the development of this research methodology. Differences in the prevalence of ICF entities showed abetter musculoskeletal health in the Polish sample.
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/75181
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/75181
LA eng
NO Cirugía, oftalmología, otorrinolaringología y fisioterapia
DS UVaDOC
RD 06-abr-2025