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Table 3 Rank order of ICF ‘activities and participation’ categories

From: Towards a minimal generic set of domains of functioning and health

ICF code

Title

GHS*

NHANES*

ICF Core Set studies*

Random Forests

Group Lasso

Random Forests

Group Lasso

Random Forests

Group Lasso

d110

Watching

  

1

2

36

35.5

d115

Listening

    

37

35.5

d160

Focusing attention

    

33

31

d175

Solving problems

    

31

15.5

d230

Carrying out daily routine

1

1

  

14

18

d240

Handling stress and other psychological demands

    

3

7

d310

Communicating with - receiving - spoken messages

    

30

19.5

d335

Producing nonverbal messages

    

35

35.5

d410

Changing basic body position

2

3

7

5

16

31

d415

Maintaining a body position

  

4

3

23

31

d430

Lifting and carrying objects

4

5

5

8

19

19.5

d440

Fine hand use

  

9

12

28

22

d445

Hand and arm use

  

6

4

27

22

d450

Walking

5

4

3

6

8

5

d455

Moving around

3

2

11

9

6

3

d465

Moving around using equipment

    

29

25.5

d470

Using transportation

    

13

12

d475

Driving

    

33

13.5

d510

Washing oneself

    

2

4

d520

Caring for body parts

    

20

35.5

d530

Toileting

    

25

31

d540

Dressing

  

12

11

5

6

d550

Eating

  

14

13.5

26

27.5

d570

Looking after one’s health

    

11

9

d620

Acquisition of goods and services

    

22

24

d630

Preparing meals

  

13

13.5

18

27.5

d640

Doing housework

  

10

10

4

2

d660

Assisting others

    

8

8

d710

Basic interpersonal interactions

    

10

17

d760

Family relationships

    

21

13.5

d770

Intimate relationships

    

12

10

d830

Higher education

    

32

25.5

d845

Acquiring, keeping and terminating a job

    

17

22

d850

Remunerative employment

  

2

1

15

11

d870

Economic self-sufficiency

    

24

15.5

d910

Community life

    

7

31

d920

Recreation and leisure

  

8

7

1

1

Cut-off point (top 50% of ranking)

3

3

7

7

19

19

  1. List of ICF ‘Activities and participation’ categories from the GHS, the NHANES, and the ICF Core Set studies datasets included in the analyses, rank order from Random Forests and Group Lasso indicating the level of association with the general health question, and cut-off rank for the different datasets. Those categories that rank among the top 50% in both regression methodologies in at least one dataset were considered confirmed and selected for comparison with the World Health Survey domains of functioning.
  2. *The ICF categories containing a rank number in these columns were included in the analyses with data of this study. In each column, bold numbers indicate that the corresponding ICF category ranked among the top 50% in the corresponding regression methodology for the selected dataset.