Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Assistance with activities |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 320213 |
Registration status:![]() | Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Health!, Standard 29/11/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
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 code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 2001 | |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | |
Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | N | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values:![]() | 0 | Does not need help/supervision |
1 | Sometimes needs help/supervision | |
2 | Always needs help/supervision | |
3 | Unable to do this task or action, even with assistance | |
Supplementary values:![]() | 8 | Not specified |
9 | Not applicable |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.<br /> |
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Origin:![]() | WHO 2001. ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO AIHW 2003. ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0. Canberra: AIHW |
Reference documents:![]() | Further information on the ICF, including more detailed codes, can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003), at the following websites:
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | This data element, in conjunction with Person—activities and participation life area, code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN], indicates a person's need for assistance in a given domain of activity. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | See also Person—activity and participation life area, code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN] Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 29/11/2006 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Activities and Participation cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 29/11/2006 Child protection and support services (CPSS) client cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 30/04/2008 Implementation start date: 22/06/2007 DSS specific information: In the Child Protection NMDS, this data element refers to the need for assistance as a result of an underlying long-term health condition or disability. Need for assistance is determined when a child's needs are greater than fully functioning children of the same age. If the child has a need for assistance then an activity and participation life area will be required. Children's Services NMDS Community Services (retired), Superseded 21/05/2010 DSS specific information: Record only whether the child has need for assistance or not. This is used in conjunction with the activity and partipation life area. |