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Table 2 Meaningful concepts from interviewed people with skeletal dysplasias (n = 14) linked to the ICF categories

From: Towards an ICF-based self-report questionnaire for people with skeletal dysplasia to study health, functioning, disability and accessibility

Count

Meaningful concepts on functioning or accessibility

ICF code

ICF title

Decision

1

Mental functioning

b130*

Energy and drive functions (G)

Keep

2

Sleeping

b134*

Sleep functions

Keep

3

Pain

b280*

Pain (G)

Keep

4

Allergies, infections

b435*

Immunological system functions

Keep

5

Stiff joints

b710*

Mobility of joint functions

Keep

6

Loose joints

b715*

Stability of joint functions

Keep

7

Muscle strength

b730*

Muscle power functions

Keep

8

Significance of a skill

d155*

Acquiring skills

Keep

9

Basic movements (turning oneself, getting up sitting from lying, getting lying down on stomach, moving on ones buttock)

d410*

Changing basic body position

Keep

10

Using hands

d445*

Hand and arm use

Keep

11

Walking

d450*

Walking (G)

Keep

12

Running, climbing stairs

d455

Moving around

Add

13

Moving with public vehicles

d470

Using transportation

Add

14

Personal hygiene, taking care of beauty

d520*

Caring for body parts

Keep

15

Toileting, peeing and cannot wipe oneself

d530*

Toileting

Keep

16

Dressing

d540*

Dressing

Keep

17

Eating

d550*

Eating

Keep

18

Difficulty of accessing services

d620

Acquisition of goods and services

Add

19

Preparing meals

d630

Preparing meals

Add

20

Doing housework e.g. washing clothes

d640

Doing housework

Add

21

Friends

d750

Informal social relationships

Add

22

Work as a resource, doing work, having a career

d850

Remunerative employment

Add

23

Hobbies (sports, games, circus, playing music, movies etc.)

d920

Recreation and leisure

Add

24

Experiencing oneself as a person with disability

d940

Human rights

Add

25

Small assistive technologies, special shoes

e115*

Products and technology for personal use in daily living

Keep

26

Assistive technologies for moving (car, electric wheelchair or scooter)

e120*

Products and technology for personal indoor and outdoor mobility and transportation

Keep, but consider car

27

Public vehicles

e1200

General products and technology for personal indoor and outdoor mobility and transportation

Consider in e575

28

Changes to a car

e1201

Assistive products and technology for personal indoor and outdoor mobility and transportation

Consider in e120

29

Accessibility at public areas (study places, bank automates, banks, shops, high desks, stairs, heavy doors)

e150*

Design, construction and building products and technology of buildings for public use

Keep

30

Accessibility at home, changes to one’s apartment (socles, additional taps, heightened floor at balcony, handles and grips, lowered washbasin, power sockets, personal bath chair and furniture)

e155

Design, construction and building products and technology of buildings for private use

Add

31

Accessibility at home entrance (lowered door handles, electric lock, door pumps)

e1550

Design, construction and building products and technology for entering and exiting of buildings for private use

Consider in e155

32

Seasonal changes

e245

Time-related changes

Add

33

Support from family

e310*

Immediate family

Keep

34

Support from friends and peers

e320*

Friends

Keep

35

Support from personal assistant

e340*

Personal care providers and personal assistants

Keep

36

Other people offer help without asking

e345

Strangers

Add

37

Attitudes in public services

e445

Individual attitudes of strangers

Add

38

Attitudes of health workers

e450*

Individual attitudes of health professionals

Keep

39

Inequal access to services

e455

Individual attitudes of other professionals

Add

40

Other people's attitudes, discrimination

e460

Societal attitudes

Add

41

Public transportation services

e540

Transportation services, systems and policies

Consider in e575

42

Support from society (disability services and benefits)

e575

General social support services, systems and policies

Keep

43

Access to assistive products and transportation services

e580*

Health services, systems and policies

Keep

44

Other challenges (lymphatic drainage in the brain)

s110

Structure of brain

Not include

45

Joint detrition, bone fractures, accidents

s7

Structures related to movements

Add

46

Bone displacements (correction surgery)

s770

Additional musculoskeletal structures related to movement

Consider in s7

  1. *Category belongs to the comprehensive musculoskeletal ICF core set