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Table 3 Frequency and type of agreed judged problematic segments for Activity Limitation items of the Ab-IAP (59-item).

From: Listening to patients: using verbal data in the validation of the Aberdeen Measures of Impairment, Activity Limitation and Participation Restriction (Ab-IAP)

Item

Number of participants with no identified problems

Judged problems1

Total problems

Struggled

Struggled but answered item correctly

Insufficient information

  

C

R

J

Rp

    

B01* What degree of difficulty do you have descending stairs?

20

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

B02* What degree of difficulty do you have ascending stairs?

20

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

B03 What degree of difficulty do you have rising from sitting?

19

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

B04* What degree of difficulty do you have standing?

20

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

B05 What degree of difficulty do you have bending to floor?

19

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

3

B06 What degree of difficulty do you have walking on flat?

19

0

0

0

1

1

2

2

0

B07* What degree of difficulty do you have putting on socks/stockings?

17

0

0

0

3

3

1

0

0

B08 What degree of difficulty do you have rising from bed?

19

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

B09 What degree of difficulty do you have taking off socks/stockings?

18

0

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

B10 What degree of difficulty do you have lying in bed?

20

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

B11 What degree of difficulty do you have sitting?

19

0

0

1

0

1

2

2

0

B12 What degree of difficulty do you have getting on/off toilet?

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B13* What degree of difficulty do you have walking long distances on flat (> 1/2 mile)?

18

1

0

0

1

2

2

1

0

B14 What degree of difficulty do you have climbing up and down one flight of stairs?

19

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

B15 What degree of difficulty do you have climbing up and down several flights of stairs?

19

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

B16 What degree of difficulty do you have dressing yourself (except shoes and socks)?

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B17 What degree of difficulty do you have putting on/off shoes?

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

B18 What degree of difficulty do you have washing and drying yourself?

20

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

B19 What degree of difficulty do you have washing your hair?

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B20 What degree of difficulty do you have lifting?

19

0

0

0

1

1

5

4

4

B21* What degree of difficulty do you have kneeling?

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B22* What degree of difficulty do you have walking short distances on the flat (100 yards)?

19

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

B23* Do you use a walking stick?

19

0

0

0

1

1

2

1

0

B24 Do you need someone to help you when you are walking?

19

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

B25 Do you need someone to help you go upstairs?

19

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

B26* Do you need someone to help you go downstairs?

19

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Total

500

1

0

1

18

20

25

18

10

  1. 1 C = Comprehension, R = Retrieval, J = Judgement, Rp = Response. * Items removed to form the Ab-IAP (35 item).