Table 2.
Variables at a glance in relation to conceptual and theoretical perspectives
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ICF (WHO, 2001) | |
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• Personal factors: e.g. sex, age, coping, self-efficacy |
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• Body functions: e.g. motor and cognitive symptoms, pain |
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• Activity: e.g. activities of daily living (ADL), walking |
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• Participation: e.g. recreation and leisure, social interactions |
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• Environmental factors: e.g. physical environmental barriers, assistive products and technology, support by others, and relationships |
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P-E fit and perceived aspects of home | |
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• Personal component (P): functional limitations and dependence on mobility devices |
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• Environmental component (E): physical environmental barriers |
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• Perceived aspects of home: housing satisfaction, usability of the home, meaning of home and housing-related control beliefs |
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PD-specific aspects/problems | |
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• Motor symptoms: tremor, brady- and hypokinesia |
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• Non-motor symptoms: e.g. depression and fatigue |
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• Gait: e.g. freezing of gait (FOG) |
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• Balance problems: e.g. near falls, falls, fall-related self-efficacy, activity avoidance due to the risk of falling, dual task difficulties, and a clinical assessment of the postural response in relation to an external perturbation |
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• Complications of therapy: e.g. experiencing fluctuations and/or dyskinesias |
| Since people with PD suffer from slowness and difficulties in performing daily transfers, two timed tests are included that tap mobility: walking and rising from a chair. | |
Abbreviations: ICF = the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, P-E fit = Person-Environment fit, PD = Parkinson’s disease, WHO = World Health Organization.