International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for osteoarthritis. Applicability study in Turkısh patients.

Aim: The aim of this study was to test the applicability of the ?OA ICF core set life quality questionnairre?, which is developped in Munich University, Germany, on the Turkish patients with osteoarthritis and to determine the ratio of ICF core set codes in our patients.Material-method: A hundred patients with osteoarthritis who admitted to Afyon Kocatepe University (AKÜ) were asked to fill in a questionnairre consisting of four parts and the form of SF-36 life quality assessment form.Results: The patients with osteoarthritis had relatively low SF-36 values compared with normal Turkish society standards. When osteoarthritis ? ICF core set questionnairre was applied, in the first part in which the patients' body functions were evaluated, maximum impairment in order of pain sensation, gait patern functions, joint mobility functions, bone mobility functions, joint stability functions and voluntary movement functions were found. In the part in which body structures were assessed, maximum impairments in structure of lower extremity were detected. In other parts in which activity limitations and participation restrictions were evaluated, maximum impairment in order of moving around, walking, acquisition of goods and services, doing housework, changing basing body position, lifting and carrying objects and using transportation were detected.In the last part, there were analyzed which environmental factors were facilitating or barrier. There were found that first climate and second design-construction of buildings for private use were barrier. Facilitating conditions, which were detected to be more than 70% facilitating were individual attitudes of health professionals, health professionals, health services, systems and policies, individual attitudes of immediate family members, immediate family, design-construction of buildings for public, societal attitudes and friends.Conclusion: Using ICF core set questionnairre, there were found that osteoarthritis have big effect in daily lifes of our Turkish patients with osteoarthritis. By using ICF core set, we could state that, osteoarthritis by causing damage to the biomechanic and anatomy of joint, It causes limitation in activity, a decrease in functioning, a social life restriction, and also causes impairments in patients social life and is a clinical antite that causes changes in interaction with environmental factors. The results may be used in future research as a questionnairre and parameter in determining life qualities of OA ICF core set Turkish patients with osteoarthritis.