Person—primary disability group, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Primary disability group |
METEOR identifier: | 515164 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 [Non Dictionary] Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017 |
Definition: | The impairment of body structures or functions, limitations in activities, or restrictions in participation chiefly responsible for the disability, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—primary disability group |
Value Domain: | Disability group code N[N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Disability groups are a broad categorisation of disabilities in terms of underlying health condition, impairment, activity limitations, participation restrictions and environmental factors. The primary disability is the disability that most clearly expresses the experience of disability by a person. It can also be considered as the disability group causing the most difficulty to the person (overall difficulty in daily life, not just within the context of the support offered). A person’s functioning or disability is conceived as a dynamic interaction between a person with a health condition(s) and environmental and personal factors (WHO 2001). Functioning and disability are both multidimensional concepts. Disability is the umbrella term for any or all of an impairment of body structure or function, a limitation in activities (the tasks a person does), or a restriction in participation (the involvement of a person in life situations). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) recognises two main components of functioning and disability: a body component comprising classifications of Body Function and Body Structure; and an Activities and Participation component providing a complete set of domains for aspects of functioning from both an individual and societal perspective. Environmental factors represent an important new component of the ICF in recognition of their influence on functioning and disability. Personal factors are also recognised but are not classified. The disability groupings are a broad description of similar experiences of disability and patterns of impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions, support needs and related health conditions. ‘Disability group’ is not a diagnostic grouping, and there is not a one-to-one correspondence between a health condition and a disability group. This data item should ideally reflect the views of both the person and the funded agency. If there is a difference, the funded agency’s assessment should be recorded. (If the primary disability group cannot easily be chosen, then define primary disability as the person’s disability to which the service caters.) |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Disability Data Network (NDDN) |
Steward: | Disability Policy and Research Working Group (DPRWG) |
Origin: | Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS): data guide 2012-13 |
Reference documents: | WHO 2001 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—primary disability group, NDA code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 13/03/2013 Has been superseded by Person—primary disability group, code N[N] Disability, Standard 15/12/2017 See also Person—other significant disability group, NDA code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 13/03/2013 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability and need for assistance cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Disability Services NMDS 2014-15 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Disability Services NMDS 2015–16 Disability, Superseded 28/09/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Disability Services NMDS 2016–17 Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 |