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The Meaning of Occupation for Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Scoping Review
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This scoping review highlights the value of participating in an occupation for people with advanced cancer. It also shows the importance of meaningful occupations to the quality of life and well-being of adults with advanced cancer. What This Article Adds: This scoping review identifies meanings of occupation linked to the health and well-being of adults with advanced cancer to develop and improve occupation-based services in oncology.PMID:37851589 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2023.050072 (Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy)
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 18, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Cahya Buwana Fifi Dwijayanti Ninik Nurhidayah Yuko Ito Peter Bontje Source Type: research

Effects of an Occupation-Based Intervention on Hand and Upper Extremity Function, Daily Activities, and Quality of Life in People With Burn Injuries: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: According to the results, the occupation-based interventions are as effective as traditional therapeutic interventions for the improvement of hand and upper extremity function, ability to perform daily activities, and quality of life in people with burn injuries. What This Article Adds: The CO-OP protocol, as an occupation-based intervention, can improve hand performance, ability to perform daily activities, and quality of life in people with burn injuries, and thus it can be useful in rehabilitation clinics.PMID:37851587 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2023.050115 (Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy)
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 18, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mahnoosh Khanipour Laleh Lajevardi Ghorban Taghizadeh Akram Azad Hooman Ghorbani Source Type: research

The Revised American Occupational Therapy Association Fieldwork Performance Evaluations: Evaluation of Internal Structure, Response Processes, and Precision-Part 2
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The findings support that the revised FWPEs for the OTS and OTAS demonstrate preliminary evidence of internal structure, response processes, and precision, supporting evidence-based practice in fieldwork evaluations. What This Article Adds: This article highlights evidence demonstrating the validity and precision of the revised American Occupational Therapy Association's Fieldwork Performance Evaluation items and supports academic and fieldwork settings for occupational therapy students and occupational therapy assistant students.PMID:37851588 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2023.050207 (Source: The American ...
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 18, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Anders Kottorp Catherine Killian Kathryn Duke Caniece Leggett Ruxandra Drasga Katharine Preissner Source Type: research

Validity of the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills-Fourth Edition in People With Schizophrenia
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The TVPS-4 has sufficient ecological validity, good convergent validity, and acceptable discriminative validity in assessing people with schizophrenia. The Spatial Relationships subscale, which displays a strong correlation with the ADLRS-III, can reveal the status of daily living in people with schizophrenia. Two subscales showing inadequate discriminative validity should be used cautiously to discriminate people with different severities of schizophrenia. What This Article Adds: The TVPS-4 showed three sound validities (ecological, convergent, and discriminative) for assessing visual perception...
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 13, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: En-Chi Chiu Shu-Chun Lee Source Type: research

Going Beyond Management and Maintenance: Occupational Therapy's Role in Primary Prevention for Adults at Risk of Obesity
Am J Occup Ther. 2023 Sep 1;77(5):7705347020. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2023.050154.ABSTRACTThere is a critical need to address the escalating obesity epidemic by examining new methods of care. Adult obesity has historically been addressed through management and maintenance once an individual is clinically diagnosed as obese. Research and practice demonstrate that significant weight loss can be difficult to achieve and even harder to maintain. Despite this, preventive interventions targeted toward adult obesity have been limited in many health care professions, including occupational therapy. As professionals who are skilled in su...
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Chloe Muntefering Beth Fields Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen Source Type: research

Interinstrument Reliability Between the Squegg ® Smart Dynamometer and Hand Grip Trainer and the Jamar® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer: A Pilot Study
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The Squegg shows promise for health care professionals, including occupational therapists, for grip strength assessment in clinical contexts. What This Article Adds: These results offer initial psychometric data for a new remote MGS measurement device. MGS is crucial for assessing the physical function of aging adults. Reliable measurements from such a device are vital for occupational therapists to guide treatment interventions and assess hand function's impact on daily activities.PMID:37824723 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2023.050099 (Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy)
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Andreea Stamate Jonathan Bertolaccini Michel Deriaz Saket Gunjan Mircea-Dan Marzan Luiza Spiru Source Type: research

Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify the Associations of Children's Performance of Coloring, Origami, and Copying Activities With Visual-Motor Integration
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Because moderate R2 values were found between performance of the three activity products and VMI, the three activities have high potential for use in identifying children's level of VMI or as teaching materials to facilitate the development of children's VMI. Furthermore, combining origami and copying activities is recommended for teachers and clinicians who need to address VMI. What This Article Adds: A combination of origami and copying activities had the strongest associations with children's VMI. Teachers and clinicians can use these two activities when addressing VMI development among presch...
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Chien-Yu Huang Yen-Ting Yu Kuan-Lin Chen Gong-Hong Lin Ching-Lin Hsieh Source Type: research