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Table 3 Number of third-level categories reported within each first- and second-level category of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) represented in the PRO measures under investigation

From: Patient-reported outcome measures for physical function in cancer patients: content comparison of the EORTC CAT Core, EORTC QLQ-C30, SF-36, FACT-G, and PROMIS measures using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

ICF Categories

EORTC CAT Core

EORTC

QLQ-C30

SF-36

PROMIS

PROMIS

FACT-G

Component

 First level

  Second level

PF item bank

PF scale

PF scale

PF short-form 20a

PF cancer item bank

Physical Well-being scale

b BODY FUNCTIONS

    

3

4

 b1 MENTAL FUNCTIONS

     

1

  b130 Energy and drive functions

     

1

 b2 SENSORY FUNCTIONS AND PAIN

     

1

  b289 Sensation of pain, other and unspecified

     

1

 b4 FUNCTIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR, HAEMATOLOGICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS

    

3

1

  b455 Exercise tolerance functions

    

3

1

 b5 FUNCTIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE, METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

     

1

  b535 Sensations associated with the digestive system

     

1

d ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION

48

10

19

30

76

2

 d2 GENERAL TASKS AND DEMANDS

    

1

 

  d230 Carrying out daily routine

    

1

 

 d4 MOBILITY

32

6

15

20

45

1

  d410 Changing basic body position

1

 

2

5

7

 

  d415 Maintaining a body position

2

2

 

1

3

1

  d420 Transferring oneself

   

1

  

  d430 Lifting and carrying objects

10

1

4

4

15

 

  d440 Fine hand use

1

  

2

1

 

  d445 Hand and arm use

  

1

1

7

 

  d450 Walking

8

2

3

1

2

 

  d455 Moving around

7

 

3

3

8

 

  d460 Moving around in different locations

3

1

    

  d498 Mobility, other specified

  

2

2

2

 

 d5 SELF-CARE

16

4

2

6

9

 

  d510 Washing oneself

2

1

1

5

2

 

  d520 Caring for body parts

6

   

1

 

  d530 Toileting

1

1

  

1

 

  d540 Dressing

4

1

1

1

4

 

  d550 Eating

2

1

  

1

 

  d599 Self-care unspecified

1

     

 d6 DOMESTIC LIFE

   

3

14

 

  d620 Acquisition of goods and services

    

1

 

  d640 Doing housework

   

1

11

 

  d649 Household tasks, other specified and unspecified

   

1

  

  d650 Caring for household objects

   

1

1

 

  d698 Domestic life, other specified

    

1

 

 d7 INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

     

1

  d760 Family relationships

     

1

 d9 COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND CIVIC LIFE

  

2

1

7

 

  d920 Recreation and leisure

  

2

1

7

 

e ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

1

     

 e1 PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY

1

     

  e120 Products and technology for personal indoor and outdoor mobility and transportation

1

     

nc (not covered)

     

1

nd-func (functioning)

     

1

nd-ph (physical health)

     

2

  1. Third-level ICF categories were assigned to each meaningful concept in an item, thus, the total of classifications could exceed the total number of items