International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.

Purpose: The main aim of this study is to examine the functioning of children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), a rare disorder of respiratory control associated with physiological and anatomical manifestations of a generalised autonomic nervous system dysfunction, using WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Children and Youth version (ICF-CY).

Method: The data of 26 children, (F = 17) aged 1.5-17.