abstract: 'BACKGROUND: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability

  and Health (ICF) was approved by the World Health Assembly in 2001. Ten

  years later, strong arguments have arisen regarding the added value of

  ICF to the policies on employment and the outcomes at the workplace. As

  a conceptual framework, ICF has universality because of its inclusive

  and comprehensive view of human functioning. At a practical level ICF

  can be used to quantify the impact of impairment on an individual''s

  ability to act in his/her environment and to assess interventions to

  minimize the impact of disability and maximize functioning.

  OBJECTIVE: To explore key indicators of social participation (life

  habits) of persons with disabilities, particularly related to work,

  among environmental and personal factors.

  METHODOLOGY/PARTICIPANTS: Data were collected by self-administered

  questionnaires from a convenience sample of 149 working-age persons with

  disabilities.

  RESULTS: Social participation is a construct composed by multiple

  components and employment domain is the strongest indicator of

  participation. Correlations between social participation and personal

  factors, such as self-efficacy and attitudes towards disability were

  moderate. Those who are employed scored higher quality of life in terms

  of satisfaction with life, more positive attitudes toward disabilities

  and higher self-efficacy than the ones who are retired or unemployed.

  Persons using adapted wheelchair and those who were involved in

  wheelchair selection scored higher in social participation in general,

  performance at work, and quality of life. Age and disability duration

  were not associated with participants'' employment status.

  DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that rehabilitation

  and vocational agents, like physiotherapists and other professionals,

  should have knowledge and understanding of the multiple factors that

  influence persons with disabilities'' participation at work. Programs

  should provide appropriate wheelchairs, skills training, empowerment and

  problem-solving strategies in labour activities and occupational

  environment to promote employment of working-age persons with

  disabilities.'
affiliation: 'Martins, AC (Corresponding Author), Polytech Inst Coimbra, ESTeSC Coimbra
  Hlth Sch, Physiotherapy Dept, Rua 5 Outubro,Apartado 7006, P-3046854 Coimbra, Portugal.

  Polytech Inst Coimbra, ESTeSC Coimbra Hlth Sch, Physiotherapy Dept, P-3046854 Coimbra,
  Portugal.'
author: Martins, Anabela Correia
author-email: anabelacmartins@estescoimbra.pt
author_list:
- family: Martins
  given: Anabela Correia
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3233/WOR-141965
eissn: 1875-9270
files: []
issn: 1051-9815
journal: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT \& REHABILITATION
keywords: 'Assistive technologies; social participation; persons with disabilities;

  employment; personal factors'
keywords-plus: 'QUALITY-OF-LIFE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION;

  EFFICACY; OUTCOMES; IMPACT; MODEL'
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '50'
orcid-numbers: 'Martins, Anabela/0000-0002-2696-2086

  Martins, Anabela Correia/0000-0002-2696-2086'
pages: 585-593
papis_id: 00a651aa954804be12b24d1ae53eaeda
ref: Martins2015usinginternational
researcherid-numbers: 'Martins, Anabela/B-4515-2015

  Martins, Anabela Correia/V-5069-2019'
times-cited: '36'
title: Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
  (ICF) to address facilitators and barriers to participation at work
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000352238800008
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '40'
volume: '50'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2015'