Development of an assessment protocol to operationalize the core set of the International Classification of Functioning for people with cerebral palsy

Abstract

The core sets (CS) of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) forcerebral palsy (CP) have been applied in different contexts but have not been operationalized in the CPpopulation in Argentina.To select instruments for implementation, a four-stage cross-sectional study was conducted: training inICF, consensus on instruments, evaluation of intra- and interobserver agreement, and pilot testing. Sixtynine professionals participated in the training, and 13 in the consensus. In the first round, agreementwas reached in 15 of 24 categories (92.8%), and new options were proposed for the remaining ones.The second round achieved 95.6% agreement. Intra-observer agreement was 0.84, and inter-observeragreement was 0.86. The pilot test (n = 7) allowed five categories to be adjusted. The first nationalprotocol for assessing ICF CS in children with CP is thus proposed.