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Post-stroke fatigue: qualitative study of three focus groupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fatigue affects many persons after cerebrovascular accident, particularly those with mild stroke. A qualitative methodology using focus groups with 19 community-living post-stroke survivors was utilized to explore the occupational impact of fatigue as communicated by the participants. Although self-report of a small sample of the United States' post-stroke population will have limitations in generalizability, this study identifies specific health-related quality of life issues that can occur with post-stroke fatigue. The participants felt unprepared for the fatigue phenomenon and struggled to adapt, with fatigue having a d...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - September 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nancy A. Flinn, Jan E. Stube Source Type: journals

Occupational therapy students' attitudes towards inclusion education in Australia, United Kingdom, United States and TaiwanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This international, cross-cultural study investigated the attitudes of occupational therapy students from Australia, United Kingdom, United States and Taiwan towards inclusive education for students with disabilities. The possible impact of professional education on students' attitudes was also explored. A total of 485 students from 11 entry-level occupational therapy education programmes from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United Sates and Taiwan participated in the study. Among them, 264 were freshmen (first-year students) and 221 were seniors (final-year students). Data collected from a custom-designed questionnaire...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - August 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Keli Mu, Ted Brown, Claudia G. Peyton, Sylvia Rodger, Yan-Hua Huang, Chin-Yu Wu, Callie Watson, Karen Stagnitti, Eve Hutton, Jackie Casey, Chia Swee Hong Source Type: journals

Identifying indicators of well-being for caregivers of children with disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study identified key indicators of well-being for caregivers of children with disabilities, Thirty-nine caregivers completed life satisfaction and psychological well-being (WB) measures, and qualitative interviews. Data analysis included descriptive statistics of WB measures and categorical analysis of qualitative data. Data triangulation was achieved by importing theoretically derived codes for initial qualitative coding and quantitizing qualitative categories. Core indicators focused on positive family functioning and a reasonable family lifestyle, caregiver's personal growth and capacity to manage life demands, and...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - August 18, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Elizabeth Larson Source Type: journals

Occupational therapists use of cognitive interventions for clients with Alzheimer's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to establish a profile of occupational therapy practice for cognitive interventions for clients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in an urban setting. Seventy-four occupational therapists working with older adults with AD in diverse settings in the city of Montreal were randomly selected and were sent a self-administered questionnaire by mail. Sixty-five (87.8%) therapists responded. Findings indicated that 52.3% of occupational therapists are performing cognitive interventions with persons with AD. Of those, 82.4% report using cognitive rehabilitation, 61.8% using cognitive stimulation and 50.0% usin...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - August 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Alexandra Robert, Isabelle Gélinas, Barbara Mazer Source Type: journals

Indicators of need for occupational therapy in patients with chronic pain: occupational therapists' focus groupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explores occupational therapists' (OT) perceptions of indicators for occupational therapy interventions among patients with chronic pain. An exploratory design was applied to six focus groups of OTs (n = 25) for data collection. Analysis was performed using content analysis through identification of meaning units, codes, categories and themes. Limitations of occupational performance was a major theme that included participant restrictions caused by physical, emotional and environmental barriers. Five subthemes of need were identified: 1) pain behaviour that prevented engagement in activities; 2) lack of knowledg...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - August 3, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Åsa Skjutar, Marie-Louise Schult, Kyllike Christensson, Maria Müllersdorf Source Type: journals

Development of the Chinese language paediatric daily occupation scale in TaiwanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to describe the development of the paediatric daily occupation scale (PDOS) that was validated with Taiwanese children aged from birth to 72 months. Item-scale correlation coefficient was also used to select items. The psychometric properties of PDOS were examined based on the results of 957 children who participated in the study. The Chinese child development inventory (CCDI) was used as a standard to examine the concurrent validity of PDOS on two different samples.The PDOS, completed by parents, contains 340 items with good internal consistency (Cronbach's [agr] = 0.99), test-retest reliability ...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - July 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jin-ling Lo, Grace Yao, Tien-miau Wang Source Type: journals

Effects of robotic-aided rehabilitation on recovery of upper extremity function in chronic stroke: a single case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the study was to examine the results of robotic therapy in a single client.A 48-year-old female client 15 months post-stroke, with right hemiparesis, received robotic therapy as an outpatient in a large Midwestern rehabilitation hospital. Robotic therapy was provided three times a week for 6 weeks. Robotic therapy consisted of goal-directed, robotic-aided reaching tasks to exercise the hemiparetic shoulder and elbow. No other therapeutic intervention for the affected upper extremity was provided during the study or 3 months follow-up period. The outcome measures included the Fugl-Meyer, graded Wolf motor f...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - July 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nancy A. Flinn, Jennifer L. Smith, Christopher J. Tripp, Matthew W. White Source Type: journals

Unilateral and bilateral upper extremity weight-bearing effect on upper extremity impairment and functional performance after brain injuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of upper extremity (UE) weight bearing on UE impairment functional performance of persons with acquired brain injury (BI).A quasi-experimental design was used to examine a convenience sample of 99 persons with acquired BI and 22 without BI (WBI) living in a community re-entry centre. A computerized force-sensing array pressure map system was used to determine the UE pressure during unilateral and bilateral conditions. Differences between groups were examined using t-tests. Correlations were computed between UE weight bearing and hand function, and functional performanc...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 24, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Timothy Reistetter, Beatriz C. Abreu, Jane Bear-Lehman, Kenneth J. Ottenbacher Source Type: journals

Changes in hemiplegic grasp following distributed repetitive intervention: a case seriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the efficacy of a distributed model of repetitive and focused intervention on grasp force, and clinical and functional hand measures in persons with chronic hemiplegia and limited hand recovery from self-reported stroke.A case series design was used. Focused repetitive unilateral and bilateral interventions were provided in a distributed manner (three times a week for 6 weeks) to three persons with upper limb hemiplegia of more than 1 year. Data from instrumented grasp force, and clinical and functional measures were obtained at weeks 0, 3, 6 and 9.Each participant improve...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gerry E. Conti, Stacey L. Schepens Source Type: journals

A review of bilateral training for upper extremity hemiparesisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Upper extremity hemiparesis is the most common post-stroke disability. Longitudinal studies have indicated that 30-66% of stroke survivors do not have full arm function 6 months post-stroke. The current gold standard for treatment of mild post-stroke upper limb impairment is constraint-induced therapy but, because of the inclusion criteria, alternative treatments are needed which target more impaired subjects. Bilateral arm training has been investigated as a potential rehabilitation intervention. Bilateral arm training encompasses a number of methods including: (1) bilateral isokinematic training; (2) mirror therapy using...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mary Ellen Stoykov, Daniel Corcos Source Type: journals

Occupational therapy and neuromotor interventionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Occupational Therapy International)
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gerry E. Conti Source Type: journals

Task-specific training: evidence for and translation to clinical practiceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is mounting evidence of the value of task-specific training as a neuromotor intervention in neurological rehabilitation. The evidence is founded in the psychology of motor skill learning and in the neuroscience of experience-dependent and learning-dependent neural plastic changes in the brain in animals and humans. Further, there is growing empirical evidence for the effectiveness of task-specific training in rehabilitation and for neural plastic changes following task-oriented training. In this paper, we position the evidence for task-specific training in the context of rehabilitation; review its relevance for occup...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 8, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Isobel J. Hubbard, Mark W. Parsons, Cheryl Neilson, Leeanne M. Carey Source Type: journals

An exploration of reminiscence and post-war European immigrants living in a multicultural aged-care setting in AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aims to shed light on what participants feel about life stories, and the prospect of involvement in the documentation of their life story in order to provide insight and understanding for optimum programme facilitation and better resident care.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the four participants. Data were audiotaped and transcribed. Phenomenological methods were used to explicate data.Three main themes emerged: diminution of guilt, social sharing - common bonds and, the urge to 'feel' the past to 'fill' the present. It is apparent that aged survivors of war, and displacement to a new country, fe...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - April 29, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Cherie Hodges, Rachael Schmidt Source Type: journals

Valuing difference: caregiving by mothers of children with disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study supports the importance of valuing difference in terms of the insights and understanding gained from those with disabilities and their caregivers. It would be difficult to replicate it exactly; its relevance lies in demonstrating that valuable insights can be gained from extending reflective practice to research that involves re-examining a study from a different theoretical perspective. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Occupational Therapy International)
Source: Occupational Therapy International - April 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Susan A. Esdaile Source Type: journals

Bilateral coordination and motor sequencing in Brazilian children: preliminary construct validity and reliability analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined aspects of reliability and validity of the bilateral coordination and motor sequencing items of the Assessment of Motor Coordination and Dexterity (AMCD) for Brazilian children ages 4, 6 and 8 years old. The AMCD aims to identify children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). A total of 84 children were evaluated. Among the 35 items piloted, all but one presented interrater reliability above 0.80 and 16 (45.7%) items presented intraclass correlation coefficient over 0.60 for test-retest reliability. Most items were sensitive to age difference and only items involving ball handling exhibited si...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - April 18, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ana Amélia Cardoso, Lívia de Castro Magalhães Source Type: journals

A study of critical reasoning in online learning: application of the Occupational Performance Process ModelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the effect of an online guided independent study on critical reasoning skills. Twenty-one first-semester Master of Occupational Therapy students completed an online assignment designed to facilitate application of the Occupational Performance Process Model (Fearing & Clark) and kept reflective journals. Data from the journals were analyzed in relation to the three sets of questions, question type and results of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA). This assignment appeared to be effective for enhancing awareness and use of critical reasoning skills. Differences in patterns of critical r...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - April 10, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Anita Witt Mitchell, Rosemary E. Batorski Source Type: journals

A study of the essence of play experience to children living in Zanzibar, TanzaniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to gain an understanding of the essence of play experience to children in Zanzibar, Tanzania. A phenomenological approach using the photovoice method was adopted. The study was carried out over 4 weeks, with 12 boys and 4 girls. Four key themes emerged from the analysis of 116 photographs: creative play, physical play/games, football and equipment play. The findings suggest that play experience in Zanzibar has aspects of creativity and resourcefulness, and influences from tradition, culture and poverty. Furthermore, that opportunity for play may differ for children in Tanzania, compared with children in We...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - March 27, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Stephany Berinstein, Lilian Magalhaes Source Type: journals

Case study of Bell's palsy applying complementary treatment within an occupational therapy modelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Emily Haltiwanger, Theresa Huber, Joe C. Chang & Armando Gonzales-StuartVolume 16, Issue 1, Pages 72-82, (March 2009) DOI:10.1002/oti.267An error was subsequently identified in the article (page 72); the author name Armando Gonzales-Stuart should be Armando Gonzalez-Stuart. (Source: Occupational Therapy International)
Source: Occupational Therapy International - March 4, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: journals

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by Canadian occupational therapistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to describe the proportion of occupational therapists currently using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), or providing referrals to CAM practitioners, as well as the purposes of use/referral in one Canadian region.A questionnaire survey on CAM was sent through e-mail and post to 1123 Canadian occupational therapists. Content, construct and face validity, as well as response, desirability/social, and instrument bias were considered and controlled through study design. A response rate of 17.1% was achieved.Overall, 31.2% of respondents have used at least one form of CAM, with 5.5% usin...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - December 18, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Heidi M. Knupp, Shaniff Esmail, Sharon Warren Source Type: journals

Regarding 'Hospital discharge among frail elderly people: a pilot study in Sweden' by I. SoderbackEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Occupational Therapy International)
Source: Occupational Therapy International - November 4, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Brett Murphy Source Type: journals

Needs assessment of runaway females in Iran from an occupational therapy perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess, from an occupational therapy perspective, the occupational performance needs of runaway females between 15 and 33 years old, residing in the state-run shelters in Mashhad, Iran. The inclusion criteria were: (1) participants who were 15 years old or above; (2) participants who resided in one of the state-run shelters in Mashhad; and (3) participants who could read, comprehend and write in Farsi.A written survey was completed by 44 runaway females (response rate: 36.6%). The findings revealed the occupational needs of this population to be as follows: vocational needs to f...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - October 17, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Maryam Malekpour Source Type: journals

Effectiveness of a peer-support community in addiction recovery: participation as interventionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The main purpose of the study was to determine whether a peer-support community programme would reduce relapse rates among clients recovering from substance addictions and homelessness and result in increased perceived community affiliation, supportive behaviours, self-determination and quality of life.Mixed methods were utilized including semi-structured interviews, participant observation and a pretest/post-test to evaluate changes on the quality of life rating, the Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey, and the Volitional Questionnaire. Data from the prior year's permanent supportive housing programme were used f...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - October 9, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Rosemary A Boisvert, Linda M Martin, Maria Grosek, Anna June Clarie Source Type: journals

The application of client-centred occupational therapy for Korean children with developmental disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this paper was to investigate the effectiveness of client-centred occupational therapy using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS). Eight girls and 23 boys from Korea, with developmental disabilities and from 3 to 10 years of age participated in this study. Each child participated in 20 to 24 sessions of client-centred occupational therapy. Both the COPM and the AMPS change scores demonstrated statistically significant improvement (p < 0.01) in occupational performance. Significant correlations were found between COPM - Performance and AMPS - M...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - September 27, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Dae Hyuk Kang, Eun Young Yoo, Bo In Chung, Min Ye Jung, Ki Yeon Chang, Hye Seon Jeon Source Type: journals

Perceived stress in occupational therapy studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to examine perceived stress of entry-level master's occupational therapy (OT) students enrolled at a Texas university. A total of 29 students including nine men and 20 women participated in the study. Questionnaires and interviews were used for data collection. The participants were interviewed during the end of the first and second year of the entry-level master's programme in OT. Questionnaires, given at the same time, contained demographic data, open-end questions and force choice questions rated on a Likert scale. The results indicated that the majority of students (66.4%) rated their curr...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - September 16, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Teresa A. Pfeifer, Peter L. Kranz, Angela E. Scoggin Source Type: journals

Retracted: Development of an education programme for caregivers of people aging with multiple sclerosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article from Occupational Therapy International, Development of an Education Program for Caregivers of People Aging with Multiple Sclerosis (DOI: 10.1002/OTI.245) by Marcia Finlayson, Jennifer Garcia and Katharine Preissner, published online on 5 February 2008 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com), has been retracted by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to dual publication of this article. Copyright ? 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Occupational Therapy International)
Source: Occupational Therapy International - August 18, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Marcia Finlayson, Jennifer Dahl Garcia, Katharine L. Preissner Source Type: journals

Handwriting speed: duration of testing period and relation to socio-economic disadvantage and handednessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the course of norm-referencing the Handwriting Speed Test (HST) for 8- to 18-year-olds in the Irish education system, the authors examined the issue of the duration of the handwriting test period, the relation of handwriting speed to socio-economic disadvantage and the comparative handwriting speed of left- and right-handed students. The literature reports some concerns about the generalizability of results from a short-duration handwriting speed test, some evidence that children from poorer backgrounds are less proficient at handwriting, and conflicting results on the relation of handedness to speed of handwriting. The...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - July 10, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Paul O'Mahony, Mairead Dempsey, Hazel Killeen Source Type: journals

Elderly persons with disabilities in Sweden: their experiences of everyday lifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to describe the everyday life experiences of 22 elderly persons with physical disabilities in Sweden. The participants were aged between 65 and 91 years. Interviews were conducted and analysed according to a qualitative research approach. Disengagement in activities and social contacts resulted in feelings of resignation and dejection for some participants, while others delegated tasks as a satisfactory alternative. Participants also described how activities and social contacts continued, albeit in a different way, and being active and socializing gave feelings of pleasure and a sense of belonging...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 22, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Anita Tollén, Carin Fredriksson, Kitty Kamwendo Source Type: journals

Occupational therapy students' perceptions of their cultural awareness and competencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was limited to one state university and to most students aged [le]24 years and predominantly female. It did not explore the factors that influence the development of cultural competence and the methods to develop it. Future studies should monitor actual culture-related exposures to determine how learning experiences are organized and the ways culture influences the learning process and clinical competence. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Occupational Therapy International)
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 21, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ravyn Murden, Ayana Norman, Julissa Ross, Erin Sturdivant, Margaret Kedia, Surya Shah Source Type: journals

The cross-cultural adaptation of the disability of arm, shoulder and hand (DASH): a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A systematic review of cross-cultural adaptations of the Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand into other languages was undertaken focusing on the translation and adaptation process, the problems during the translation process and proposed solutions. Nine articles were selected for analysis. All were written in English and addressed the qualitative issues of the cross-cultural adaptation process. The results demonstrated strong evidence that translation, adaptation and technical issues are most influential in the cross-cultural adaptation process. Awareness, understanding and incorporation of these issues will assist in fut...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 13, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Naser M. Alotaibi Source Type: journals

A pilot study of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme evaluated by four adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyse participants' perceptions of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme, which combined occupational therapy with physical therapy. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from four adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who attended an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation programme in New York City. Features of the occupational therapy programme reported to be valuable were biofeedback and clinician support. Participants reported more control of dyspnoea, improved mental health and confidence in performing daily activities, less fatigue, more phy...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 9, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Anna Norweg, Pia Bose, Gloria Snow, Monique E. Berkowitz Source Type: journals

Psychometric evaluation of the Spanish version of the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment and Preferences for Activities of ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Culturally sensitive and valid assessments of participation in occupations are needed for Spanish-speaking children to enhance services offered to this population. The purpose of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the newly developed Spanish version of the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment and Preferences for Activities of Children, the Evaluación de Participacion y Disfrute de los Niños y Preferencias de las Actividades de los Niños (EPDN/PAN). The sample included 249 children with and without disabilities, aged 6 to 15 years. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) in ...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 8, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Wanda I. Colón, Carmen Rodríguez, Max Ito, Carol N. Reed Source Type: journals

Analysis of industrial tasks as a tool for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the work marketEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the application of a model for analyzing industrial tasks that was developed to identify jobs that could potentially be filled by people with disabilities (DP) and to serve as a guideline for a company hiring policy. In Brazil, Law No. 8213/91 makes it obligatory to hire DP based on quotas that are established according to the number of employees in a public and private company. Using a set of methods and techniques based on ergonomic work analysis and on occupational therapy, we sought to build a model to indicate the skills required to perform industrial tasks. The model was applied at 19 workstati...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 2, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Angela Paula Simonelli, João Alberto Camarotto Source Type: journals

Description of a return-to-work occupational therapy programme for stroke rehabilitation in SingaporeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and the major cause of disability in Singapore. The number of stroke survivors is expected to rise with the increase in the ageing population. This paper describes how occupational therapists are involved in stroke and work rehabilitation in Singapore. A retrospective study of stroke clients referred to a vocational assessment unit in 2004 showed that 55% of the clients were able to return to work. The majority of the clients changed their job positions from blue-collar workers to clerical workers. On the other hand, the main reasons for poor outcome were: unfit to work in genera...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - March 5, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mei Leng Chan Source Type: journals

A community-based stress management programme for an impoverished population in South AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The development and evaluation of a programme for the effective management of stress in an impoverished rural community is the subject of this research study. A random sample of 160 participants was selected from the rural population of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. This population resembles in many ways other disadvantaged populations in South Africa, and the outcome may have generalizability. A quantitative, factorial experimental design was used to compare four stress management programmes. Three were conventional stress management programmes derived from the literature, and the fourth programme was a creative a...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - February 18, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Rosemary B. Crouch Source Type: journals

Development of an education programme for caregivers of people aging with multiple sclerosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper describes a three-phase project to identify and develop an occupational therapy response to the challenges experienced by caregivers of middle-aged and older adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Three hundred and two caregivers of middle-aged and older adults with MS were interviewed by telephone to identify the caregiving challenges they experienced in phase 1. A total of eight challenges were identified, with the four most prevalent ones including finding and using formal support services, managing the emotional aspects of caregiving, doing the physical aspects of caregiving, and dealing with informal supports...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - February 6, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Marcia Finlayson, Jennifer Dahl Garcia, Katharine L. Preissner Source Type: journals

Development of an educational programme for caregivers of people aging with multiple sclerosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes a three-phase project to identify and develop an occupational therapy response to the challenges experienced by caregivers of middle-aged and older adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). In Phase 1 302 caregivers of middle-aged and older adults with MS were interviewed by telephone to identify the care-giving challenges they experienced. A total of eight challenges were identified, with the four most prevalent ones including finding and using formal support services, managing the emotional aspects of caregiving, doing the physical aspects of care-giving and dealing with informal supports. In Phase 2 a ...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - January 18, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Marcia Finlayson, Jennifer Dahl Garcia, Katharine Preissner Source Type: journals

Hospital discharge among frail elderly people: a pilot study in SwedenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A conceptual framework for the hospital discharge process was designed. It was intended to measure frail elderly people's experience of their quality of care in terms of satisfaction and trustworthiness during their hospital discharge and their experience at home. The present pilot study aimed at evaluating the viability of an occupational therapy clinical tool. Nine frail elderly Swedish individuals reported the quality of their care as mostly satisfactory and trustworthy, according to their responses to the Discharged Patients' Enquiry Questionnaire (DPEQ). However, the participants were not satisfied with the non-contin...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - December 13, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ingrid Söderback Source Type: journals

Knowledge of results and learning to tell the time in an adult male with an intellectual disability: a single-subject research designEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study investigated whether knowledge of results, in the form of visual and audible feedback, would increase the accuracy of time-telling in an individual with an intellectual disability. A 19-year-old male with mild intellectual disability participated in this A1-B1-A2-B2 single-subject study design. The task involved correctly identifying the time given on a computer. Data, based on the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, showed that the participant demonstrated a greater number of correct responses during the intervention phases. Incorporating knowledge of results into a learning strategy for this individual with inte...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - December 11, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Samantha L Applegate, Martin S Rice, Franklin Stein, Kinsuk K Maitra Source Type: journals

An exploration of spousal separation and adaptation to long-term disability: six elderly couples engaged in a horticultural programmeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The main objective of the present study was to explore the impact of separation on couples where one spouse lives in a skilled nursing facility and the other spouse lives alone in the community. Six couples participated in a 10-week gardening group. Semi-structured interviews were conducted at the beginning of the study and observations were made and discussions engaged through the 10-week horticultural programme. Thematic analysis of interviews and discussions revealed reduced social participation of community-dwelling spouses in an effort to maintain their marital role. In one or more cases the non-institutionalized spou...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - December 3, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Linda Martin, Baldwin Miranda, Michelle BEAN Source Type: journals

The guiding nature of the kawa (river) model in Ireland: creating both opportunities and challenges for occupational therapistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The kawa (kawa is Japanese for 'river') model of occupational therapy has recently emerged in response to the needs for culturally sensitive conceptual models of practice that adequately address clients' diverse cultures and belief systems (Iwama, 2006a). The present article reports two case studies in which the kawa model was used to guide occupational therapy intervention with two individuals with multiple sclerosis in Ireland, with the aim of exploring the effectiveness of the recently emerged kawa model. A qualitative grounded theory approach using case-study methodology was undertaken. Semi-structured interviews based...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - November 9, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sarah Carmody, Riona Nolan, Niamhh Ni Chonchuir, Maria Curry, Catherine Halligan, Katie Robinson Source Type: journals

New-immigrant women in urban Canada: insights into occupation and sociocultural contextEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent statistics have shown that women from South Asia comprise one of the largest sub-groups of immigrants to enter Canada. The majority of this population has settled in the city of Toronto. As immigrants adapt to new physical, social, political, and economic environments in a new country, they are also subject to changes in occupational roles and expectations. Little research has been conducted with new immigrant women from South Asia from an occupational adjustment perspective in Canada. This qualitative study sought to understand the adjustment experiences of immigrant women from South Asia regarding the influence of...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - November 5, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vanessa Martins, Denise Reid Source Type: journals

Types and categories of personal projects: a revelatory means of understanding human occupationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Choice of activity and the way it is described may have little to do with the presence of disease and may or may not align with predetermined conceptual or practice frameworks. The present study examines data previously collected by use of Personal Projects Analysis (PPA) in order to compare the types of projects listed by people with and without multiple sclerosis and to compare the categories of projects selected by both groups to those pre-established in the literature. Secondary analysis tests the differences and similarities in the types of personal projects between two groups, multiple sclerosis (n = 38) and control ...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - November 5, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kathleen E Brooke, Carolyn D Desmarais, Susan J Forwell Source Type: journals

Seeing white: a critical exploration of occupational therapy with Indigenous Australian peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper aims to critique current occupational therapy practice and theory using Indigenous Australian people as a case example. Critical race theory will be used to help question the privileged position of an occupational therapist from a dominant Westernized culture. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 (eight female and seven male) Indigenous Australian young people about their perspectives of health and physical activity. In addition, the Kawa model was used as an alternative data-collection tool and detailed field notes and researcher reflections were used as data sources. Preliminary analysis of data is used ...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - November 1, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Alison Nelson Source Type: journals

Culturally responsive caring in occupational therapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study examined how practitioners conceptualized culture and used their understanding of a client's culture to provide culturally responsive caring. Descriptions of practice were elicited from experienced practitioners serving culturally diverse clients. Twelve practitioners completed a written questionnaire and participated in a telephone interview. Half of these same participants also participated in a follow-up interview, which was confirmatory in nature. Grounded theory methodologies were used to identify and conceptualize key processes inherent in these practitioners' descriptions of providing culturally co...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - October 27, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jaime Phillip Muñoz Source Type: journals

Culture and occupational therapy: meeting the challenge of relevance in a global worldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational Therapy International - October 26, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Michael Iwama Source Type: journals

Culture or cult? The mythological nature of occupational therapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The willingness of occupational therapists to act on their shared beliefs and values has created knowledge and techniques that have been handed down from generation to generation, and, thus, have entered into what might be called the 'mythology' of occupational therapy. These myths arose from a set of shared philosophical assumptions that provided a sense of cultural identity. In the present article the authors compare the occupational therapy process to a mythical hero's journey in which the occupational therapist uses narrative reasoning to guide the client (the hero) through a rite of passage to a kind of rehabilitative...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - October 26, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Greg Kelly, Heather Mcfarlane Source Type: journals

Activities of daily living among St Petersburg women after mild strokeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study was to determine how women living in St Petersburg, Russia, who have had a mild stroke, describe their performance in activities of daily living (ADL) and to elicit possible causes of their occupational dysfunction. Thirty-six women who had experienced a mild stroke and been referred to a rehabilitation centre participated in the study. Data collection was conducted through interviews, including the 'ADL Staircase' and a modified 'Frenchay Activities Index for Stroke Patients'. Additional data were collected through field notes and information from team members and relatives. The results showed...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - July 11, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ann Johansson, Ekaterina Mishina, Andrey Ivanov, Anita Björklund Source Type: journals

Quality of life in Swedish workers exposed to hand-arm vibrationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the present study was to analyse whether differences existed among workers exposed to hand-arm vibration (HAV) with regard to quality of life (QoL) issues. One hundred and eight male workers from a heavy manufacturing plant, with and without HAV symptoms, and workers referred to a hand surgery department with severe HAV symptoms participated in the study. The participants attended a clinical interview, were given a physical examination of the hands and administered the Göteborg Quality of Life instrument and the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire (EDAQ). Results indicated that workers referred to ...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 16, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ragnhild Cederlund, Susanne Iwarsson, Göran Lundborg Source Type: journals

Usability of playgrounds for children with different abilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study was to better understand how children with different abilities use playgrounds to engage in creative play and interact socially with their peers. Twenty children aged between 7 and 12 years, with different abilities, participated in interviews. The findings showed that playgrounds served as a reference point for all the children, they challenged a child's physical abilities and provided opportunities for role-playing and social interactions. However, for children with disabilities, playgrounds had limited accessibility, usability and did not support interaction with peers. A methodological limi...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - June 8, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Maria Prellwitz, Lisa Skär Source Type: journals

User satisfaction, community participation and quality of life among Chinese wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: a preliminary studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between spinal cord injury (SCI), wheelchair users' satisfaction, perceptions of their community participation and quality of life (QoL).Thirty-one community wheelchair users with SCI were administered the Chinese version of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (C-QUEST), the abbreviated Hong Kong version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO QoL-BREF (HK)) and selected items of 'Participation Restrictions' and 'Environmental Factors' of the International Classification of Functioning Disabili...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 17, 2007 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sam C Chan, Alice P Chan Source Type: journals