Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Need for assistance in disability life activity areas |
METEOR identifier: | 680510 |
Registration status: | Disability, Standard 15/12/2017 Health, Standard 05/10/2022 |
Definition: | The level of help and/or supervision a person requires (or would require if the person currently helping/supervising was not available) to perform tasks and actions in a specified life area, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Human functioning and disability |
Data Element Concept: | Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area |
Value Domain: | Activity need for assistance disability code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element is used in conjunction with 'Person—activity and participation life area, disability code N'. The level of help and/or supervision a person requires for the following activities is assessed: a. Self-care—activities such as washing oneself, dressing, eating, and toileting; b. Mobility—includes moving around the home and/or moving around away from home (for instance, using public transport or driving a motor vehicle), and getting in or out of bed or a chair; c. Communication—includes making oneself understood, in own native language or preferred method of communication if applicable, and understanding others; d. Interpersonal interactions and relationships—including actions and behaviours that an individual does to make and keep friends and relationships, behaving within accepted limits, and coping with feelings and emotions; e. Learning, applying knowledge, and general tasks and demands—includes understanding new ideas, remembering, problem solving, decision making, paying attention, undertaking single or multiple tasks, and carrying out daily routines; f. Education—includes the actions, behaviours and tasks an individual needs to perform at school, college, or in any educational setting; g. Community (civic) and economic life—includes recreation and leisure, religion and spirituality, human rights, political life and citizenship and economic life such as handling money; h. Domestic life—includes organising meals, cleaning, disposing of garbage, housekeeping, shopping, cooking, home maintenance, acquisition of necessities, household tasks, caring for household objects and assisting others. i. Working—includes actions, behaviours, and tasks to obtain and retain paid employment. |
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Comments: | This metadata item contributes to the definition of the concept Disability and gives an indication of the experience of disability for a person. In the context of health, an activity is the execution of a task or action by an individual. Activity limitations are difficulties an individual may have in executing an activity. Activity limitation varies with the environment and is assessed in relation to a particular environment; the absence or presence of assistance, including aids and equipment, is an aspect of the environment. This item uses the level of limitation values from the ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers list but combines level 3 and 4 (Moderate and Mild). This item is also not consistent with the ICF performance qualifier where mild, moderate and severe problem categories are mapped to code 2 'Sometimes needs help/supervision in this area'. For further information see the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003) . |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2011. Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: User Guide 2009. ABS cat. no. 4431.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS. AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2003. ICF Australian User Guide. Version 1..0. Disability Series. AIHW Cat. No. DIS 33. Canberra: AIHW. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability code N Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity and participation need for assistance cluster Disability, Standard 29/02/2016 Health, Standard 05/10/2022 |