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ICF-Based Interdisciplinary Case Management for Individuals With Disabilities

Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT07813806

Registry updated: 2026-09-10

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Description

This study evaluates whether an interdisciplinary case management approach based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the Rehab-Cycle® framework can improve rehabilitation outcomes for adults with intellectual disabilities receiving community-based rehabilitation services. A total of 120 adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities will be recruited from community rehabilitation services and randomly assigned to either an ICF-based interdisciplinary case management group or a conventional care management group. Participants in the ICF-based group will receive coordinated assessments, goal-setting, intervention planning, and outcome evaluation conducted by an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. Participants in the control group will continue to receive standard services delivered through conventional care management practices. The study will assess changes in functioning, activity participation, quality of life, life satisfaction, and rehabilitation team effectiveness. The findings will help determine whether ICF-based interdisciplinary case management can provide more personalized, coordinated, and effective community rehabilitation services for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Interventions

ICF-Based Interdisciplinary Case Management (Rehab-Cycle®) (Behavioral)
Participants will receive interdisciplinary case management based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework and the Rehab-Cycle® process. The intervention includes ICF-based assessment, development of individualized functioning profiles, collaborative goal setting involving participants and healthcare professionals, interdisciplinary care planning, coordinated rehabilitation interventions, and regular interdisciplinary review meetings. Interventions are designed to address body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors according to each participant's needs within community-based rehabilitation services.
Conventional Care Management (Behavioral)
Participants will receive standard community rehabilitation services routinely provided by participating non-governmental organizations. Assessments, goal setting, intervention planning, and treatment implementation will be conducted independently by individual healthcare professionals according to usual practice. No ICF-based functioning profile, structured Rehab-Cycle® process, formal interdisciplinary case conference, or coordinated interdisciplinary intervention planning will be used.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. between the age of 18 and 60 years old, 2. intellectual disability with mild grade (IQ 50-69) or moderate grade (IQ 35-49) as confirmed by medical doctors, 3. ability to communicate verbally in Cantonese or English. Exclusion Criteria: 1. acute and unstable medical conditions (such as seizures), 2. Current or recent diagnosis of severe psychiatric disorders (e.g., active psychosis, major depressive episode within the past 12 months, or other conditions that significantly impair participation) Their caregivers will provide proxy consent if the participants with intellectual disability were unable to give the informed consent.

Conditions

Intellectual Disability, Mild to Moderate Developmental Disability

Locations

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University — Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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