Promovendo a investigação e o entendimento da funcionalidade em pessoas acometidas por DPOC.

Abstract

Introduction: The symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) impact an individual's health by associating with specific functional disabilities. To identify the deficiencies, disabilities and functionality of people affected by COPD, one can use the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Objective: Understand the validity of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for COPD from the perspective of people affected by COPD. Method: A descriptive, observational cross-sectional study with COPD, of both sexes, submitted to the interview script with open questions about functionality and disability. The interview was transcribed and analyzed through the identification of concepts related to the ICF categories, comparing their frequency with the categories proposed in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for COPD and the validation obtained through Kappa. Results: 24 COPD participants, 10 men and 14 women, mean age 65.5 ± 9.8 years, answered the interview whose concepts were linked to the 52 ICF categories and subcategories , 05 of these not represented in the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for COPD, being " D445 use of hand and arm, "d550 eat"; "D630 prepare meals"; "E210 physical geography" and "e2100 physical geography, orography". Conclusion: The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for COPD was valid, since 90.3% of the categories found were present.