Table 2 Context of ICF use, conclusions and limitations reported
 Author | Context of ICF use | ICF used to understand person-perspective? | Conclusions reported regarding ICF | Limitations of ICF reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaudin | To express worldviews of health and healing of Aboriginal Canadians and explore how culture influences the ICF components. | Yes | Use of the ICF should incorporate attention to culture under the Personal factors component. Awareness of how cultural factors influence other elements of the ICF is needed. | None |
Senior | Used the ICIDH-2 to understand health experiences of people in two Indigenous communities. | Yes | Flexible tool which covers most life experiences of Indigenous people. Concepts of activity and participation translated well for individuals’ daily experience. | Spiritual significance of traditional practices, shame, isolation and loneliness not captured. |
Lindeman | Workshops for HACC assessors included a discussion around the ICF as a framework for assessment. | No | Appropriate, relevant, acceptable and easy to use. | None |
McCormack | Used the ICF-CY as a reference for outcome measures. | No | None | None |
Dew | Briefly mentions activities component of ICF. | No | None | None |