Table 2 Description of categories and themes revealed from the thematic analysis
Category | Theme | Description |
|---|---|---|
Significant features of mobility-related items | Wording of mobility | Comments regarding the text used to describe physical functioning in the instruments. |
Reference to aids and appliances | Comments referring to walking equipment and other aids (including wheelchairs). | |
Lack of suitable response options | Comments concerning difficulties identifying response options that are applicable to the respondent’s condition. | |
Response strategies to mobility-related items | Reframing of items | Comments indicating that respondents changed the phrasing of the items during the process of interpretation. |