Part 2. Identification of problems in functioning of persons with sleep disorders from the health professional perspective using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference: A worldwide expert survey

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-101

  Gradinger, Felix ^a,b   Boldt, Christine ^a,b   Högl, Birgit ^c   Cieza, Alarcos ^a,b,d  

^a ICF Research Branch of the Collaborating Centre   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expert survey; Functioning; ICF; ICF core set; Sleep disorders; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; E-MAIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; CONSENSUS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 78650287404     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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