Which term describes the inability to perform activities people usually can do, often following morbidity?

Which term describes the inability to perform activities people usually can do, often following morbidity?

• A. Impairment
• B. Morbidity
• C. Vitality
• D. Disability

Answer: (D)

This item tests understanding of functional limitation. Disability describes the restriction or inability to perform activities that most people can do because of a health condition. It focuses on what a person cannot do in daily life or in specific tasks, such as walking up stairs, dressing, or preparing meals, due to illness or injury. Impairment refers to a problem with body structure or function itself (like a damaged joint or nerve loss), not directly about daily activities. Morbidity is the presence of disease or illness, the condition itself, rather than the resulting activity limitation. Vitality reflects energy or life force, not the capacity to perform tasks. So the term that best fits “inability to perform activities people usually can do, often following morbidity” is disability.

This item tests understanding of functional limitation. Disability describes the restriction or inability to perform activities that most people can do because of a health condition. It focuses on what a person cannot do in daily life or in specific tasks, such as walking up stairs, dressing, or preparing meals, due to illness or injury.

Impairment refers to a problem with body structure or function itself (like a damaged joint or nerve loss), not directly about daily activities. Morbidity is the presence of disease or illness, the condition itself, rather than the resulting activity limitation. Vitality reflects energy or life force, not the capacity to perform tasks.

So the term that best fits “inability to perform activities people usually can do, often following morbidity” is disability.