Table 3.
Floor items
| Much difficulty/ unable to do (%) | Much difficulty/ unable to do (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| • Doing vigorous activities, such as running, lifting heavy objects, participating in strenuous sports? | 88 | • Fasten buttons on a shirt or blouse? | 25 |
| • Walking more than a mile? | 81 | • Put on your socks? | 24 |
| • Walk a block as quickly as you did five years ago? | 78 | • In the past year, how much weight have you lost unintentionally | 24 |
| • Cut your toenails? | 70 | • In the past year, how many times did you fall? | 22 |
| • Do chores such as vacuuming or yard work? | 66 | • Type a sentence on a computer keyboard? | 22 |
| • Bending, kneeling, or stooping? | 65 | • Chew and eat your food as quickly as you did five years ago? | 20 |
| • Compared to five years ago, is your normal walking speed: Faster, About the same, Slower, Much Slower, Unable to walk) | 61 | • Wash and dry your body? | 18 |
| • Climbing one flight of stairs? | 56 | • Put on your shoes? | 17 |
| • Dress and groom yourself as quickly as you did five years ago? | 56 | • Put on a sweater or t-shirt over your head? | 17 |
| • What is the farthest distance you can walk by yourself, without any special equipment or help from others? | 55 | • Move about your residence? | 16 |
| • Lifting or carrying groceries? | 47 | • Get on and off the toilet? | 13 |
| • Stand up from an armless straight chair? | 40 | • Squeeze another person's hand? | 13 |
| • Walk up or down inclines? | 39 | • Use a knife and fork? | 13 |
| • Move about in a dark room or hallway without falling? | 34 | • Move from sitting at the side of the bed to lying down on your back? | 11 |
| • Loosen a screw using a manual screwdriver? | 31 | • Write a simple sentence using a pen or pencil? | 11 |
| • Dress yourself in less than 10 minutes? | 30 | • Get items in and out of a wallet? | 10 |
| • Do you feel exhausted? | 29 | • Pour liquid into a cup? | 9 |
| • Move from the street to the sidewalk without a curb cut? | 28 | • Hold a card or letter in order to read it? | 7 |
| • Dress yourself, including shoelaces and doing buttons? | 26 | • Push the buttons on a television remote control? | 7 |
| • Shampoo your hair? | 26 | • Take a letter out of an envelope? | 6 |
| • Turn pages in a book? | 3 |
Comparison of item difficulty of the 30 final floor items (plain font) with PROMIS PF-10 items (bolded font) arranged from highest to lowest percent of "With Much Difficulty or Unable to Do" responses.