Table 2 Percentage distributions of the WHODAS 2.0 items for each country

Response Options

0

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

4

 Concentrating on doing something for 10 min

83

13

3

1

0

43

31

17

8

2

63

22

11

2

1

 Learning a new task

44

35

16

5

0

32

27

21

15

5

52

28

15

3

1

 Standing for long periods

77

15

6

2

0

25

30

23

19

4

44

23

20

11

3

 Walking a long distance such as a kilometre

71

17

8

3

1

29

24

20

20

8

45

17

16

12

11

 Bathing/washing whole body

93

5

2

1

0

82

12

4

2

1

78

12

6

3

2

 Getting dressed

95

4

1

0

0

85

10

3

2

1

73

15

8

3

2

 Making or maintaining friendships

91

7

2

0

0

56

22

15

6

2

76

17

6

1

0

 Dealing with strangers

77

12

6

4

1

47

24

15

10

4

71

19

8

2

0

 Taking care of household responsibilities

80

14

4

1

0

38

30

19

9

4

62

21

11

4

2

 Day to day work

89

8

3

1

0

54

25

13

6

2

61

21

12

4

2

 Joining in community activities

84

11

3

1

0

49

28

14

7

3

67

18

9

3

3

 Emotionally affected by health condition

77

17

5

1

0

33

36

20

9

2

53

24

17

6

1

Response Options

0

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

4

 Concentrating on doing something for 10 min

77

17

3

2

0

58

17

19

5

1

59

27

12

2

1

 Learning a new task

48

30

14

7

1

48

19

23

8

1

42

29

23

6

1

 Standing for long periods

33

43

13

9

2

48

18

20

11

3

35

25

22

13

5

 Walking a long distance such as a kilometre

33

32

14

12

10

48

13

19

14

6

38

21

21

12

8

 Bathing/washing whole body

75

18

4

3

1

87

7

4

1

1

82

11

5

2

1

 Getting dressed

82

14

2

2

1

88

6

4

1

0

82

11

6

1

1

 Making or maintaining friendships

76

17

6

1

0

71

14

10

4

1

64

18

12

5

1

 Dealing with strangers

69

22

7

2

0

66

14

14

5

1

65

16

13

5

1

 Taking care of household responsibilities

55

33

7

5

1

62

16

15

5

2

51

26

17

5

2

 Day to day work

61

28

7

4

1

75

11

9

4

1

51

18

22

6

3

 Joining in community activities

55

28

7

7

3

66

13

13

5

3

51

20

16

8

5

 Emotionally affected by health condition

16

40

29

14

1

54

19

19

7

1

46

29

19

5

1