Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 7, 2026

Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data
Published on: July 27, 2018
Applying the ICF framework to study changes in quality-of-life for youth with chronic conditions
Janette McDougall1, Virginia Wright, Jonathan Schmidt
1Thames Valley Children's Centre, London, Ontario, Canada. janette.mcdougall@tvcc.on.ca
Objective:
The objective of this paper is to describe how the ICF framework was applied as the foundation for a longitudinal study of changes in quality-of-life (QoL) for youth with chronic conditions.
Method:
This article will describe the study's aims, methods, measures and data analysis techniques. It will point out how the ICF framework was used--and expanded upon--to provide a model for studying the impact of factors on changes in QoL for youth with chronic conditions. Further, it will describe the instruments that were chosen to measure the components of the ICF framework and the data analysis techniques that will be used to examine the impact of factors on changes in youths' QoL.
Conclusions:
Qualitative and longitudinal designs for studying QoL based on the ICF framework can be useful for unraveling the complex ongoing inter-relationships among functioning, contextual factors and individuals' perceptions of their QoL.
Related Concept Videos
Dimensions of Health and Illness
Factors Affecting Illness
For instance, risk factors are connected to illness, disability,...
Community Based Intervention
Foundations of Community Mental Health Programs
Central to the success of community-based interventions is the...
Chronic Kidney Disease III: Interprofessional Care
Levels of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
In primary prevention, actions taken before disease onset prevent the disease from...
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention II
The agent-host-environment model states that disease results from...