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Table 5 Relative frequency of the third and fourth level ICF categories in the CWP reports (n = 50)

From: Towards comprehensive and transparent reporting: context-specific additions to the ICF taxonomy for medical evaluations of work capacity involving claimants with chronic widespread pain and low back pain

ICF code

Third or fourth level ICF category

Relative frequency %

e5800

Health services

88

b28013

Pain in back

86

b28016

Pain in joints

84

e1101

Drugs

82

b1265

Optimism

78

b28015

Pain in lower limb

76

b28010

Pain in head and neck

76

b1602

Content of thought

74

b7101

Mobility of several joints

74

b2702

Sensitivity to pressure

70

b2803

Radiating pain in a dermatome

70

s7600

Structure of vertebral column

70

d5702

Maintaining one's health

70

b1342

Maintenance of sleep

68

e1650

Financial assets

68

d8700

Personal economic resources

64

b1301

Motivation

60

b1603

Control of thought

60

d4153

Maintaining a sitting position

60

b28014

Pain in upper limb

58

b7350

Tone of isolated muscles and muscle groups

58

s76002

Lumbar vertebral column

58

b2802

Pain in multiple body parts

56

b4552

Fatiguability

56

b1521

Regulation of emotion

54

b1303

Craving

52

s7502

Structure of ankle and foot

48

b1261

Agreeableness

48

d4300

Lifting

48

e5702

Social security policies

48

b1302

Appetite

46

d4150

Maintaining a lying position

46

d7701

Spousal relationships

46

s76001

Thoracic vertebral column

46

d8450

Seeking employment

44

d2402

Handling crisis

44

e5700

Social security services

44

d2303

Managing one's own activity level

42

b2703

Sensitivity to noxious stimulus

40

b2800

Generalized pain

40

b1470

Psychomotor functions

40

d4154

Maintaining a standing position

40

d8502

Full-time employment

38

b1520

Appropriateness of emotion

38

d7601

Child–parent relationships

38

d7602

Sibling relationships

38

b7301

Power of muscles of one limb

36

d8501

Part-time employment

36

b28012

Pain in stomach or abdomen

36

b4200

Increased blood pressure

36

d4501

Walking long distances

36

b7300

Power of isolated muscles and muscle groups

34

b1522

Range of emotion

34

b7305

Power of muscles of the trunk

34

d2401

Handling stress

34

d7600

Parent–child relationships

34

s76003

Sacral vertebral column

34

s7501

Structure of lower leg

32

e2450

Day/night cycles

32

s76000

Cervical vertebral column

32

b1263

Psychic stability

30

b1341

Onset of sleep

30

b7355

Tone of muscles of trunk

30

d4104

Standing

30

d4751

Driving

30

e2250

Temperature

30

b1260

Extraversion

26

b1266

Confidence

26

d5701

Managing diet and fitness

26

d7202

Regulating behaviors within interactions

26