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

Schwegler, Urban; Anner, Jessica; Glässel, Andrea; Brach, Mirjam; De Boer, Wout; Cieza, Alarcos; Trezzini, Bruno

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-361

Table 8 Relative frequency of the third and fourth level ICF categories in the LBP reports (n = 45)

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 %
b28013	Pain in back	100
b28016	Pain in joints	98
b7101	Mobility of several joints	98
s7600	Structure of vertebral column	98
s76002	Lumbar vertebral column	93
b2803	Radiating pain in a dermatome	89
d4153	Maintaining a sitting position	89
b7350	Tone of isolated muscles and muscle groups	82
b28010	Pain in head and neck	78
s76001	Thoracic vertebral column	78
e1101	Drugs	76
b28015	Pain in lower limb	76
e5800	Health services	76
b2702	Sensitivity to pressure	71
d4300	Lifting	71
d4154	Maintaining a standing position	64
e1650	Financial assets	62
d8700	Personal economic resources	58
b1342	Maintenance of sleep	58
d4150	Maintaining a lying position	58
b1265	Optimism	56
b4200	Increased blood pressure	56
s76000	Cervical vertebral column	53
s76003	Sacral vertebral column	53
d5702	Maintaining one's health	53
e5702	Social security policies	53
b28014	Pain in upper limb	51
b1602	Content of thought	49
b1303	Craving	47
s7502	Structure of ankle and foot	47
b7301	Power of muscles of one limb	47
d8450	Seeking employment	47
b1301	Motivation	44
d8501	Part-time employment	44
d4105	Bending	44
s7501	Structure of lower leg	42
b4552	Fatiguability	42
b2802	Pain in multiple body parts	42
b7305	Power of muscles of the trunk	42
b1603	Control of thought	40
b1521	Regulation of emotion	40
d4104	Standing	40
d4501	Walking long distances	40
b1261	Agreeableness	38
d8502	Full-time employment	38
e5700	Social security services	38
b1302	Appetite	38
e2450	Day/night cycles	36
d4551	Climbing	36
b1470	Psychomotor control	33
b7300	Power of isolated muscles and muscle groups	33
b28012	Pain in stomach or abdomen	33
b7355	Tone of muscles of trunk	33
s1201	Spinal nerves	31
d2303	Managing one's own activity level	31
b2703	Sensitivity to a noxious stimulus	31
d7701	Spousal relationships	31
b1341	Onset of sleep	31
d7602	Sibling relationships	31
d7601	Child–parent relationships	31
s75011	Knee joint	29
e2250	Temperature	29
b7303	Power of muscles in lower half of the body	29
b7100	Mobility of a single joint	27
s75021	Ankle joint and joints of foot and toes	27
d2401	Handling stress	27
d5701	Managing diet and fitness	27
d2402	Handling crisis	27

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