Evaluation of occupational therapy interventions for elderly patients in Swedish acute care: a pilot study.

abstract：:The number of people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasing. From an occupational therapy perspective, it is important to estimate dyspnea, fatigue and activity performance in daily activities to be able to use the most effective interventions. In Sweden, there are several assessment...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Wingårdh A,Engström CP,Claesson L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This qualitative, longitudinal, descriptive study aimed to understand the lived experience of enacting agency, and to describe the phenomenon of agency and the meaning structure of the phenomenon during the year after a stroke. Agency is defined as making things happen in everyday life through one's actions. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Bergström AL,Eriksson G,Asaba E,Erikson A,Tham K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe occupational therapists' expectations and experiences of integrating a new intervention programme within an RCT pilot study, in collaboration with a researcher. METHODS:Six occupational therapists participated in a five-day training course (during a one-month period) inc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Eriksson C,Tham K,Guidetti S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship among (a) quality of activities of daily living (ADL) task performance, (b) quality of social interaction, and (c) the extent of discrepancy between the person's and the occupational therapist's perspectives; and explore patterns of strengths and challenges among people with develo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Fisher AG,Griswold LA,Munkholm M,Kottorp A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire (SAMQ) was developed for occupational therapists (OTs) to identify their therapeutic style when interacting with clients. To provide Danish Occupational Therapists (OTs) with access to the SAMQ, a rigorous translation, cultural adaptation and validation are required...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Sampedro Pilegaard M,Sithamparanathan T,Nielsen KT,Taylor R,Waehrens EE

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore and describe how client-centred occupational therapy interventions may support and improve the ability to use everyday technology (ET) in work tasks in people with acquired brain injury (ABI). METHOD:A qualitative, descriptive multiple-case study was designed, and occupat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Kassberg AC,Prellwitz M,Malinowsky C,Larsson-Lund M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing numbers of people are delaying retirement. Studies of their motives are scarce and biased to Western contexts. AIMS:The aim was to explore internal and external motives of older Slovenians who continue to work after becoming eligible for retirement. METHODS:Nine workers, aged 59-72, were intervi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Bratun U,Zurc J

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: There is a need for research to identify the impact of mild stroke on occupational engagement. The Occupational Gaps Questionnaire (OGQ) measures the difference between a person's actual and preferred occupational engagement.Aims/objectives: This study aimed to test the feasibility of the English version o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Hodson T,Wall B,Gustafsson L,Eriksson G,Cornwell P

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to examine how craft makers describe the meaning of craft as an activity in relation to their well-being. The study is based on an analysis of the written narratives of 92 textile craft makers aged 16 to 84. Based on the results, the well-being enhancing nature of craft as a meaningful occupat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Pöllänen S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing attention to participation and social participation in literature and policy reports. Occupational therapists strongly believe that creating coherence between the person's occupations and environment will facilitate participation of each individual. Nowadays, societal developments such as "health lite...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Piškur B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Occupation-based models are generic explanations of occupational engagement. Their associated diagrams are conceptual tools that represent the key concepts and their interrelationships, which have withstood substantial shifts in the profession's knowledge base and scope over the last 30-40 years.Aims: We a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Reid HAJ,Hocking C,Smythe L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several studies demonstrate the need for a unified effort by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and health services to support people with mental illness who wish to return to work and simultaneously receive treatment. The aim of the present qualitative evaluation study is to develop a deep...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Mikkelsgård KA,Granerud A,Høye S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Providing assistive technology devices to older individuals living in their ordinary homes is an important intervention to increase and sustain independence and to enable ageing at home. However, little is known about older individuals' experiences and needs in the assistive technology device (ATD) service de...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Gramstad A,Storli SL,Hamran T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to determine the psychometric properties of the new Worker Role Self-assessment (WRS) instrument. The content validity, utility, test-retest reliability, sensitivity to change, and predictive validity of the WRS were investigated in two subject samples, which were selected at work and pain rehabilitation c...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Wästberg BA,Haglund L,Eklund M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to understand better how individuals with traumatic brain injury make sense of their adaptation process and their performance of occupations within this process. For this study, four participants were interviewed twice. Thereafter analyses following a narrative approach led to the construction...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Hoogerdijk B,Runge U,Haugboelle J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: There is growing evidence that people with serious mental illness have impaired capacity for processing sensory inputs which affects daily occupation. Although this is known, research regarding the target groups experiences of sensory inputs in daily occupations is lacking.Aim: To investigate the experienc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Andersson H,Sutton D,Bejerholm U,Argentzell E

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper presents findings from a larger study that explored losses from mental illness. Losses associated with occupations--a key theme from this participatory action research study--are the focus of this paper. METHODS:Semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with 16 people who had been diagn...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Baker AE,Procter NG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare systems in many countries have gone through numerous changes over the last two decades. Funding bodies and employers have tried to find cost-effective, innovative ways to deliver quality healthcare including methods to reduce labour expenses. Three approaches to cost-savings have been proposed for healthcar...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Brown GT

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Client-centredness is a prominent contemporary concept in rehabilitation. However, there is a lack of knowledge on if and how a client-centred rehabilitation approach is incorporated in the everyday life of significant others of people who receive such rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE:Explore and describe if and h...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Bertilsson AS,von Koch L,Tham K,Johansson U

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to review research presented in occupational therapy journals with the elderly as respondents. With an increasing number of elderly people in society research including the elderly should play a vital role within occupational therapy especially since emphasis on subjective experience is an i...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Larsson A,Haglund L,Hagberg JE

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is intended to provide a framework for practitioners. A client-centred ICF-based assessment (ICF-A) was developed to be used by occupational therapists in problem identification. The aim was to evaluate the ICF-based assessment (ICF-A) focusi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Kjellberg A,Bolic V,Haglund L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim of the present study was to test the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the instrument Quality in Psychiatric Care - Daily Activities (QPC-DA) and to briefly describe the day centre attendees' perception of the quality at community-based day centre services. METHODS:A sample of 218 a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Lundqvist LO,Ivarsson AB,Brunt D,Rask M,Schröder A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many cancer patients report unmet rehabilitation needs. Rehabilitation may include activities of daily living (ADL) tasks, but little is known about how cancer patients perform these tasks and how they prioritize their daily activities. Hence, this study aims to identify and characterize ADL task performance...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Lindahl-Jacobsen L,Hansen DG,Wæhrens EE,la Cour K,Søndergaard J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine leisure-time physical activities (LTPAs) and their association with self-efficacy in females with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 238). Their self-reported performance in LTPAs was measured by the Interest Checklist and efficacy beliefs by using the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Reinseth L,Uhlig T,Kjeken I,Koksvik HS,Skomsvoll JF,Espnes GA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to investigate the ethical dilemmas community-based occupational therapists report encountering in home settings. Data was collected from 23 community-based occupational therapists, each of whom provided 1 or 2 narratives, including some ethical dilemmas associated with rehabilitation in h...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Tamm M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This cross-sectional study aimed at investigating the relationship between the return to work potential, according to the Worker Role Interview (WRI) assessment, and clinical characteristics and level of empowerment and occupational engagement among persons with severe mental illness who express their own int...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Bejerholm U,Areberg C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Handwriting difficulties may have pervasive effects on a child's school performance. I Can! is a remedial handwriting program with a focus on self-regulated learning and applying motor learning principles combined with a behavioural approach. It is developed for typically developing children with handwriting...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Van Waelvelde H,De Roubaix A,Steppe L,Troubleyn E,De Mey B,Dewitte G,Debrabant J,Van de Velde D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of professional specialists in early rehabilitation who face demanding pedagogical challenges in facilitating and promoting participation of the severe acquired brain injury patient. METHOD:In a qualitative study, using phenomenological philosophy and thinki...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Buhl I,Pallesen H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) is one of the most commonly used assessments for children with a disability. Normative data from the US are used to determine whether a deficit or delay exists with regard to functional skill development. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cross-cultura...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Berg M,Aamodt G,Stanghelle J,Krumlinde-Sundholm L,Hussain A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Play is a right for children; an essential childhood occupation influenced by their family environment. Despite increasing recognition of unstructured outdoor play benefits, children with disabilities experience limited play opportunities.Aim: To apply a capabilities approach lens to understand outdoor pla...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

authors： Sterman JJ,Naughton GA,Bundy AC,Froude E,Villeneuve MA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00