The phrase "deficits in function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing limitations or impairments in performance or abilities, often in medical, psychological, or organizational settings.
Example: "The patient exhibited significant deficits in function, impacting their ability to perform daily activities independently."
Alternatives: "functional impairments" or "limitations in function."
Deficits in function, therefore, can be understood by evaluating abilities, motivations, and opportunities.
The ICF can be a companion to the ICD but is not intended for use only to describe deficits in function associated with disease.
Assessment of complex tasks of learning and memory in both rats and monkeys has revealed overall deficits in function over a variety of behavioral tasks.
Echocardiographic analysis of MuRF2−/− hearts at baseline found no deficits in function or differences in measurements (Fig. 2a; Table 1) as previously described [ 40, 46].
One possible explanation is that, rather than extracellular Aβ plaque deposition, accumulation of Aβ inside neurons could be driving AD pathology, and may eventually lead to intracellular deficits in function and neuronal loss [ 25, 37, 68].
They describe frailty as follows: "A process of an accumulation of physical, psychological and/or social deficits in functioning which increases the chance of adverse health outcomes (functional disabilities, admission to an institution, death)".
This pattern of perceptual deficits leading to associative deficits aligns with models of hierarchical information processing [50] [53]: Dysfunctional processing at lower areas can evince deficits in functions that are normally associated with processing in higher areas.
Poor performance on a subscale is interpreted as indicating a deficit in the function the subscale is purported to measure, even if the poor performance is due to deficits in functions not associated with the subscale.
This included misattribution (blaming symptoms on external, short-term causes), and bargaining (ignoring deficits in functioning in favour of evidence that symptoms were normal).
However, the more sensitive term DRG 541/542 captures a group that nonetheless has persistent postdischarge deficits in functioning that are more profound than the disability of short-term ventilation recipients.
Unless the population of interest involves older adults that either have or are likely to experience deficits in functioning that compromise very basic social and personal activities, the LLDI should not be used.
