ICF Core Set for Primary Care Physiotherapy

NCT06168721 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CEIm 2987
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Primary care physiotherapy services provide community-based care for musculoskeletal conditions. These conditions are often associated with disability and impact on patients' quality of life. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the global framework for describing disability. ICF Core Sets are ICF-based tools that facilitate the clinical use of this classification. The development of these tools follows a scientific process that combines the perspectives of researchers, patients, professionals, and the care setting. Our research team has conducted preliminary studies and identified candidate ICF categories with good potential for inclusion in a preliminary version of an ICF Core Set for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions in community physical therapy settings. The aim of this study is to confirm the relevance of the candidate categories and to develop a final version of this ICF Core Set.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Keywords

ICF; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Physical Therapy Modalities; Primary Health Care; Community Health Services

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Relevance of candidate ICF categories (First Delphi Round)

  The relevance of the categories will be measured on a 5-point Likert scale: "not relevant" (score 1), "hardly relevant" (score 2), "somewhat relevant" (score 3), "relevant" (score 4) and "very relevant" (score 5).

  2024-01/2024-06

• Judgment on the clinical utility of the selected ICF categories (Second Delphi Round)

  Dichotomous question (yes/no) on the appropriateness of including or excluding the most relevant ICF categories in the ICF core set.

  2024-01/2024-06

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Missing functioning concepts (First Delphi Round)

  2024-01/2024-06

Other Outcomes (1)

• Sociodemographic data of the sample

  2024-01/2024-06

Study Arms (1)

Expert panel

This group will be composed of experts in primary care physiotherapy.

Other: Expert survey

Interventions

Expert survey OTHER

The expert group will participate in a two-round survey using the Delphi method. The first round aims to assess the relevance of the proposed ICF categories and to identify missing concepts. The second round will aim to confirm the appropriateness of including the selected categories in the ICF core set. Each round will last 3 weeks and the experts will be provided with feedback on the results obtained.

Expert panel

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 26 Years - 67 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The potential participants in this study should be physical therapists working in a primary care clinical setting. The resulting panel of experts would have sufficient expertise in this area. The study will focus on the Spanish region of 'Castilla and Leon', but efforts will be made to extend the scope to a national level.

You may qualify if:

• Be physiotherapists working in a primary care setting for the duration of the study.
• Have more than 5 years of experience in this clinical setting.
• Evidence of completion of at least 200 hours of additional training, teaching, research, and/or administrative activities related to the clinical setting.

You may not qualify if:

• Work in a rehabilitation center or hospital context.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valladolid: lead
• Sanidad de Castilla y León: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Ólvega Primary Health Center

Ólvega, Soria, 42110, Spain

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Hernandez-Lazaro H, Mingo-Gomez MT, Ceballos-Laita L, Medrano-de-la-Fuente R, Jimenez-Del Barrio S. Validation of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) core sets for musculoskeletal conditions in a primary health care setting from physiotherapists' perspective using the Delphi method. Disabil Rehabil. 2023 Jul;45(15):2458-2468. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2096128. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

  PMID: 35830343 BACKGROUND

• Hernandez-Lazaro H, Mingo-Gomez MT, Jimenez-Del-Barrio S, Lahuerta-Martin S, Hernando-Garijo I, Medrano-de-la-Fuente R, Ceballos-Laita L. Researcher's Perspective on Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary Care Physiotherapy Units through the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): A Scoping Review. Biomedicines. 2023 Jan 20;11(2):290. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11020290.

  PMID: 36830831 BACKGROUND

• Hernandez-Lazaro H, Mingo-Gomez MT, Jimenez-Del-Barrio S, Rodriguez-Fernandez AI, Areso-Boveda PB, Ceballos-Laita L. Validation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) core set for post-acute musculoskeletal conditions in a primary care physiotherapy setting from the perspective of patients using focus groups. Disabil Rehabil. 2024 Aug;46(16):3594-3601. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2251392. Epub 2023 Sep 5.

  PMID: 37667886 BACKGROUND

• Hernandez-Lazaro H, Jimenez-Del Barrio S, Ceballos-Laita L, Lahuerta-Martin S, Medrano-de-la-Fuente R, Hernando-Garijo I, Mingo-Gomez MT. Multicentre cross-sectional study assessing content validity of the International Classification of Functioning, disability and health core set for post-acute musculoskeletal conditions in primary care physiotherapy services. J Rehabil Med. 2023 Nov 16;55:jrm11950. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v55.11950.

  PMID: 37974517 BACKGROUND

• Hernandez-Lazaro H, Mingo-Gomez MT, Jimenez-Del-Barrio S, Simarro-Martin A, Wisniowska-Szurlej A, Ceballos-Laita L. Development of an ICF core set for the management of musculoskeletal conditions in primary care physiotherapy services in Spain: a Delphi study. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Sep;47(18):4759-4768. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2460723. Epub 2025 Feb 11.

  PMID: 39931756 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Officials

• Sandra Jiménez del Barrio, PhD

  University of Valladolid

  STUDY CHAIR

• Luis Ceballos Laita, PhD

  University of Valladolid

  STUDY CHAIR

• María Teresa Mingo Gómez, PhD

  University of Valladolid

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Adjunct Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2023
• First Posted: December 13, 2023
• Study Start: January 22, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 24, 2024
• Study Completion: January 25, 2025
• Last Updated: February 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
• Time Frame: From the publication of the study, with no time limit.
• Access Criteria: Access to this data will be conditioned by the type of publication.

Locations

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