Future research should include the operationalization and application of this tool to specific sites.
The challenges of implementing the ICF [ 1] in various fields such as medicine, rehabilitation, long-term care, or social care include the operationalization and quantification of the ICF categories [ 2].
Attributes of the process of using CAM that may have value include patient empowerment, the operationalization of patient preference for a particular type of intervention, the length and process of the consultation, and still having treatment options open when other medical approaches have failed [ 4, 98].
However, a larger number of included studies would hinder the operationalization of our findings.
Other operationalizations include the cumulative number of keystrokes or mouse clicks, variation in computers use between days or weeks, and distribution of usage periods (i.e. number of breaks taken within a certain time period).
Some claim that the operationalization of the constructs included in these studies represents "no more than common sense and statistical criteria without considering the theories available in education and other disciplines".
Limitations in this study include the application of the ICC definition as further research and consistency is required on the operationalization of the criteria that is not currently found in the primer.
These include inconsistent operationalization of terms across studies, lack of combinatorial rules showing the relationship between constructs, and failure to use validated measures to capture the various dimensions of the HBM (Weinstein 1993; Carpenter 2010; Janz & Becker 1984).
A number of reviews on the subject have tried to examine evidence to improve the operationalization of interventions by CHWs, including for child health.
Supplementary Table 1 Description of the operationalization of all individual adversities included in material and social adversity indices at age 16, 21, 30, and 43 years, and relative frequency in women and men (DOCX 19.8 kb) Assay Description DOCX 10 kb.
