Table 3.
Target groups of the included studies.
| Target group |
Number of studies
Data n = 226 (Relevance level 5) |
Number of studies
Data n = 51 (Relevance level 6) |
|---|---|---|
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (HIV) | 1 | |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (diabetes mellitus, obesity, cystic fibrosis) | 4 | 1 |
| Neoplasms (cancer, pelvic chondrosarcoma) | 10 | 3 |
| Mental and behavioral disorders (mental disorder or illness, autism spectrum, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, disorders of psychological development, cognitive impairment, transsexualism) | 17 | 4 |
| Diseases of the nervous system (multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's disease, complex regional pain syndrome) | 23 | |
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa (age-related vision loss) | 1 | |
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Meniere's disease, hearing loss or disability, tinnitus) | 9 | 1 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (stroke) | 21 | 5 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) | 1 | 1 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (for example arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, neuropathic pain) | 33 | 6 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system (pelvic organ prolapse) | 1 | |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Marfan syndrome, spina bifida) | 2 | |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (apraxia of speech, aphasia, falls) | 4 | |
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (for example brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn injury) | 32 | 10 |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (lower limb amputation) | 3 | 1 |
| Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (occupational health, homeless people, wheelchair users) | 8 | |
| Disabilities, diseases and health conditions, unspecified (physical disabilities or impairments, chronic diseases or conditions) | 33 | 11 |
| Other (for example multilingual speakers, childhood development, special educational needs, older adults) | 18 | 5 |
| Theoretical (for example ICF children and youth version, PF classification development) | 5 | 3 |