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Regarding the disability assessment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Purpose: To optimize the assessment of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Material and methods: Analysis of scientific publications selected from medical information databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, etc.). Results and conclusion: in order to optimize the approach to disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): the literature was analyzed by specialty, selected from medical databases (Medline, etc.); studied with the categories included in the ICF sets recommended by the WHO and proposed by a number of authors who apply them to patients with COPD and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; the topicality of the problem, the unresolved objectives, the perspectives of further scientific research and the relevance of their conclusions for the tasks of medical and social expertise and in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were reflected. |
