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Evoluation of the Dutch and Turkish version which one is more important in answer to question 6 and 7. I know I selected ‘getting in and out of the car’ as the most important activity when I was completing the questionnaire. But when I would have to choose again I would go with ‘getting up and sitting down,’ because that is more generic and therefore it occurs more frequently in daily life.” Interpreting the Numeric Rating Scale Low-educated Dora and Ronald scored the numeric rating scale of question 8 backwards. They interpreted 10 as ‘no effort’ and 0 as ‘the most effort possible’. Problems With Retrieval A total of 7 respondents of all educational groups had problems retrieving information during their response processes. Lack of Retrieval Because of the Form of Answer Options A total of 4 respondents did not retrieve information because of the lack of answer options. They looked at the body chart of question 2 and the pictures of question 4 and searched their memory for any health problems related to the answer options. As a result, existing health problems that were not associated with the given answer options were not retrieved from memory. After Harald finished completing the questionnaire, he told the researcher that he was impaired in pulling objects, which is not a given answer option in question 4. Harald stated the following: “I did not miss it while I was completing the questionnaire. I probably thought that that picture would come later or in another category or something. I don’t know. I did not really notice that it wasn’t there.” Lack of Retrieval Because of Memory Issues In three cases, the root of the problem seemed to be a memory issue, which was not related to the content or form of the questionnaire. Ellen, for instance, described to the interviewer why she selected the activities “lifting” and “carrying” in answer to question 4. During this description, her recollection of the health problem became clearer. This made her realize in hindsight that “picking something up from the floor” would have been a better answer. 97 4.1