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Table 2 Descriptive statistic of applied ICF-Dietetics categories in respect of medical areas

From: Towards a nationwide implementation of a standardized nutrition and dietetics terminology in clinical practice: a pre-implementation focus group study including a pretest and using the consolidated framework for implementation research

 

Total

Diabetes and Metabolism

Gastroenterology

Surgery

Oncology

Others a

Frequency of documents (n)

55

17

7

15

9

7

Frequency of extracted different ICF categories (n)

248 d

102

45

102

54

48

Percentage (%) of total concepts n = 248

 

41

18

41

22

19

Frequency of second-level ICF categories (n)

75 d

38

24

41

28

24

Percentage (%) of total n = 75

 

51

32

55

37

32

Body Functions (n)

32 d

14

15

20

18

12

Body Structures (n)

5 d

2

2

3

3

1

Activities (n) b

15 d

10

1

5

3

3

Participation (n) b

6 d

1

2

4

3

0

Environmental Factors (n)

10 d

8

4

4

1

3

Personal Factors (n) c

7 d

3

0

5

0

5

  1. aOther medical areas included nephrology, pediatrics, neurology
  2. bIn contrast to the original ICF where “Activities and Participation” begins with (d), the ICF-Dietetics differentiates between “Activities (a)” and “Participation (p)” as it is also given as an alternative option by World Health Organization [58]
  3. cICF-Dietetics provides a first draft of codes covering “Personal Factors”
  4. dA concept could be used in different medical areas, thus, n is not the sum of them