Are they relevant?
All items could be successfully linked with the ICF. The comprehensive core set showed good content validity, while the brief core set needs to be supported by more empirical evidence in various sociocultural contexts. This study specifically complemented the development and refinement of both core sets from the perspective of patients with knee osteoarthritis.
We conclude that elderly women who had a tubal ligation have small changes in bone density that are not of sufficient magnitude to increase their risk of osteoporotic fractures.