Clinical Application and Feasibility of Using ICF Cancer Survivor CoreSet of Breast Cancer to the Health Condition of a Post-MenopausalBreast Cancer Survivor.

Abstract

Background: The case report is of 52-year-old female complaining of fatigue, depression post modified radical mastectomy. She was under four weeks of exercise program. The purpose of this study was to consider the clinical application of ICF Cancer survivor Core set to describe the health condition of the patient by mapping the components of assessment tools used in this study.

Method: The outcome measures -Revised piper fatigue scale, Beck’s depression Inventory, FACT B questionnaire was mapped to ICF categories of body function using linking rules.

Results and Discussion: Most of the body function described for outcome measures of depression, fatigue, quality of life like feeling sad, irritation, lack of energy, was third level category except for weight loss which was second level.

Conclusion: The mapping of the above outcome measures in ICF framework should be considered for future studies on large number of patients.