C523 papadopoulou et al the cyprus icf protocol

1. THE CYPRUS ICF PROJECT
The operation of ICF by the State in order to
run disability assessment & assign provisions
Stathis Triantafyllou , Psychologist
Scientific consultant
Ministry of Labor , Welfare and Insurance ,
Cyprus Republic

2. THE CYPRUS ICF PROJECT
• Existing Situation
• Reformation of Disability Assessment
• Implementation of ICF
• Tools and Guides
• Supportive Actions and data

3. Existing situation
• Absence of clinical & functional assessment
• Multiple assessments
• Absence of any protocols
• Delays between the application & the decision
• Decision only without rehabilitation plan
• Weak legislative platform
• Lack of data for disability population
• Lack for structuring policies

4. Reformation of Disability Assessment
• A home for ICF “Assessment Center”
• Assessment mechanism stages: Preparation (File /
vignette , assessment (med/Func) & completion
• Six Focused protocols for disability assessment
• Medical assessment by disability physicians(30 min)
• Functional assessment by rehabilitators (80 min)
• Qualifiers Mechanism
• Final Report
• Medical & Rehabilitative equipment

5. Implementation of ICF
• Focused Protocols , is a set of the medical and
functional domains and codes derived of the main
structure of ICF and address the basic disability
categories (motor, visual, hearing, mental, psychiatric
and Multiple)
• Final Qualifier, is assigned for each part of the protocol
and utilizes vignette knowledge and the actual
assessment’s scoring on codes relative to the disability
assessed.
• Dominant Qualifier is the overall scoring of all the
components of the protocol and attributes fair and
justifiable outcome in relation to the disability assessed
.

6. Tools and Guides
• Twelve Focused Protocols for Disability
• A protocol for Vocational Abilities
• Scientific Guide of the system
• Administrative Guide of the system
• ICF Training Guide
• ICF Training of Trainers Guide
• Document on correlating qualifiers/legislation

7. Supportive Actions and data
• Training of Health Personal
107 Physicians and rehabilitators
• Training of trainers Health Personal
31 Physicians and rehabilitators
• Disseminating the system in the
rehabilitation sector
• More than 200 disabled already assessed

8. RESULTS
• One assessment for different applications
• Actual clinical and functional assessment
• Multidisciplinary teams involvement
• Holistic final report for assessment & rehab
• Upgrading scientifically the assessment
• Objectivity , integrity & reliability
• Creation of National Registry
• Platform for disability policies