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Observational studyJournal of rehabilitation medicine2025

Clinical functioning information tool - coronavirus disease 2019 (ClinFIT COVID-19): psychometric evaluation and development of an interval-scaled functioning score across the care continuum.

Masahiko Mukaino, Catarina Aguiar Branco, Alia Alghwiri, Sonia Amato, Antonios Kontaxakis, Mihai Berteanu, Hüma Bölük Şenlikci, Pinar Borman, Salmane Diouane, Maryam Fourtassi and 16 more

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Masahiko MukainoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. masahikovn@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4348-8715
Catarina Aguiar BrancoDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal; Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5666-842X
Alia AlghwiriDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-2122-9280
Sonia AmatoMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialities, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy.
Antonios KontaxakisPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Department, 414 Military Hospital of Special Diseases, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7076-890X
Mihai BerteanuUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9379-4580
Hüma Bölük ŞenlikciUniversity of Ankara Medipol, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-6771-3265
Pinar BormanUniversity of Ankara Medipol, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1212-6797
Salmane DiouaneFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco.
Maryam FourtassiLife and Health Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Moroc.ORCID 0000-0003-4915-5399
Francesca GimiglianoDepartment of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1905-6405
Abderrazak HajjiouiFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco; Life and Health Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-2311-5543
Xiaolei HuDepartment of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9864-7432
Sinforian KambouInstitute of Applied Neurosciences and Functional Rehabilitation, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Cho-I LinDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan.
Mohamed I MabroukDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0009-0009-9191-1240
Evanthia MitsiokapaPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Sotiria General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0574-4047
Remus Iulian NicaCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3722-6877
Christina-Anastasia RapidiPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Department, General Hospital "G.Gennimatas", Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3340-1444
Gabriella SerlengaMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialities, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy.
Arianna SilvestriMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialities, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy.
Sinikka Tarvonen-SchröderNeurocenter, Turku University Hospital and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2314-7166
Clara UrsescuUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0009-0004-8121-9561
Arja ViinanenDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Finland; Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4990-6228
Panagiotis VorniotakisBlocks Rehab, Rehabilitation Center, Athens, Greece.
Melissa SelbICF Research Branch, Nottwil, Switzerland; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5882-6644

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveto report on the development and global testing of the COVID-19 version of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based Clinical Functioning Information Tool called "ClinFIT COVID-19" to collect functioning data of rehabilitation patients across the care continuum to establish an interval-scaled functioning score.

designMulticentre, cross-sectional observational study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: Rehabilitation patients in acute, post-acute, and long-term settings.

methodsThree context-specific versions (13-16 ICF categories) of ClinFIT-COVID-19 were administered to collect information on patient functioning. Rasch analysis examined psychometric properties and generated conversion tables from ordinal raw scores to a 0-100 interval metric.

resultsTwenty-six study centres in 17 countries across the globe collected data from 1,747 patients. Problems in exercise tolerance functions were most frequently reported in the acute and post-acute settings (74.2%; 87.6%), while long-term care patients most frequently reported pain as problematic (71.1%). With a testlets approach and item splitting, all 3 ClinFIT COVID-19 versions satisfied Rasch model expectations (item-trait χ² p > 0.05; PSI 0.742-0.812), making it feasible to develop respective transformation tables.

conclusionThis study found the psychometric properties of ClinFIT COVID-19 acceptable. Future studies are needed to validate the use of the transformation tables to monitor functioning and evaluate intervention impact.

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Continuity of Patient CareCOVID-19Disability EvaluationInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability and HealthAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC12375903

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