Table 3.
Importance levels for patient concerns linked to the ICF* Activity component: pre-operatively (pre-op) and two, four and six weeks after knee arthroplasty (n = 54)
| Patient Concern | Pre-op | Week 2 | Week 4 | Week 6 |
| Getting out of bed on your own | 4.5 (3–7) | 6 (5–7) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (3–7) |
| Getting in/out of bath | 5 (3–7) | 1 (1–4) | 5 (3–6) | 4 (2–6) |
| Putting on your own shoes or socks | 5 (3–6) | 6 (4–7) | 5 (4–6) | 5 (4–6) |
| Dressing yourself | 4 (2–6) | 5.5 (4–7) | 5.5 (4–6) | 6 (4–7) |
| Walking on a flat surface | 5 (4–7) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (4–7) | 6 (4–7) |
| Walking on uneven ground | 5 (3–7) | 1 (1–3) | 3 (1–5) | 4 (3–6) |
| Descending stairs | 6 (4–7) | 3.5 (1–6) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–6) |
| Ascending stairs | 6 (5–7) | 4 (1–6) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–6) |
| Cooking your own meals | 5 (2–7) | 1 (1–3) | 4 (2–6) | 4 (2–6) |
| Doing your own housework | 5 (3–6) | 1 (1–3) | 3 (2–6) | 4 (2–6) |
| Heavy domestic duties | 2.5 (1–6) | 1 (1–1) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–3) |
| Light domestic duties | 4 (3–6) | 2 (1–3) | 4 (3–5) | 4.5 (3–6) |
| Getting in/out of car | 6 (4–7) | 4 (2–6) | 6 (4–7) | 6 (5–7) |
| Comfortably sit in car | 5 (3–6) | 4 (2–6) | 6 (4–6) | 5.5 (4–6) |
| Doing your exercises as prescribed by your PT | 4 (1–7) | 7 (6–7) | 6 (6–7) | 6 (5–7) |
* International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
† median (25th to 75th percentile); importance ratings are on a 7-point scale (1 = not important, 7 = important to a very great extent)