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Further details: <br /> PART 2: Activity Limitations & Participation Restrictions <br /> • Activity is the execution of a task or action by an individual. Participation is <br /> involvement in a life situation. <br /> • Activity limitations are difficulties an individual may have in executing activities. <br /> • Participation restrictions are problems an individual may have in involvement in <br /> life situations. <br /> • The Performance qualifier indicates the extent of Participation restriction by <br /> describing the person's actual performance of a task or action in his or her current <br /> environment. Because the current environment brings in the societal context, <br /> performance can also be understood as "involvement in a life situation" or "the lived <br /> experience" of people in the actual context in which they live. This context includes <br /> the environmental factors— all aspects of the physical, social and attitudinal world <br /> that can be coded using the Environmental. <br /> • The Performance qualifier measures the difficulty the respondent experiences in <br /> doing things, assuming that they want to do them. <br /> • The Capacity qualifier indicates the extent ofActivity limitation by describing the <br /> person's ability to execute a task or an action. The Capacity qualifier focuses on <br /> limitations that are inherent or intrinsic features of the person themselves. These <br /> limitations should be direct manifestations of the respondent's health state, without <br /> the assistance. By assistance we mean the help of another person, or assistance <br /> provided by an adapted or specially designed tool or vehicle, or any form of <br /> environmental modification to a room, home, workplace etc. The level of capacity <br /> should be judged relative to that normally expected of the person, or the person's <br /> capacity before they acquired their health condition. <br /> PART 3: Environmental Factors <br /> • Environmental factors make up the physical, social and attitudinal environment in <br /> which people live and conduct their lives. <br /> • Qualifier in environment, Barriers or facilitator: <br /> 0 No barriers 0 No facilitator <br /> 1 Mild barriers +1 Mild facilitator <br /> 2 Moderate barriers +2 Moderate facilitator <br /> 3 Severe barriers +3 Substantial facilitator <br /> 4 Complete barriers +4 Complete facilitator <br /> 2 <br />