Occupational therapy long COVID guides
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists has published two new quick guides about occupational therapy and long COVID. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - December 20, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New quick guides about occupational therapy and adults, children and young people with Long Covid, RCOT
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has published two new quick guides about occupational therapy and Long Covid. A quick guide for occupational therapists: Occupational therapy and children and young people with Long Covid (Post COVID-19 syndrome/Condition) A quick guide for occupational therapists: Occupational therapy and adults with Long Covid (Post COVID-19 Syndrome/Condition) The guides outline the unique role of occupational therapists in supporting adults, children and young people to manage and recover from Long Covid. They have been developed in collaboration with occupational ther...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Work transitions after serious hand injury: current occupational therapy practice in a middle-income country - Buchanan H, Van Niekerk L.
This study explored South African occupational therapy practice relate... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A call to the front: occupational therapy practice in addressing school bullying - Njelesani J, Faulkner A, Schweitzer B, Jeon H.
This study aimed to understand occupational therapists' practices and roles in addressing bullying against students with disabilities. An electronic survey was di... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Occupational performance limitations after concussion in college students - Acord-Vira A, Davis D, Lilly C.
This study aimed to establish the need for occupational therapy services for people who have sustained a concussion and to support the profession's role i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Occupational functioning among intimate partner violence survivors with disabilities: a retrospective analysis - Ballan M, Freyer M, Romanelli M.
Individuals with disabilities are disproportionately affected by intimate partner violence and face resultant compromised occupational functioning. Yet limited research exists regarding how occupational therapy practitioners can assist this population. Thi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Survey of occupational therapy driver assessors' rehabilitation interventions with older drivers - Unsworth CA, Baker A, Morton-Kehle D, Darzins S.
The objective of the study was to describe driver rehabilitation interventions used by Aus... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Early Physical and Occupational Therapy and Discharge Disposition in Patients with Sepsis...American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Conference (Virtual), September 2429, 2021
To explore whether implementing an early mobility protocol conducted by professionals from PT and or occupational therapy (OT) is associated with discharge location for a group of patients with sepsis, septic shock, or severe sepsis. A quasi-experimental study design was used with a non-equivalent post-test design. The data were collected for 3 months. Mid-sized Midwestern hospital. The population of the usual care group were 117 adult patients admitted to any unit with a diagnosis of sepsis, septic shock, or severe sepsis from February 1, 2019, through April 30, 2019. The early rehabilitation group were 96 patients admitt...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Identifying clinical patterns in OT referrals for concussion management: an evidence-based approach - Westerberg SS, Harris M, Rafeedie S, McArthur D, Giza C.
PURPOSE: Concussion management is an emerging field for occupational therapy (OT). Literature pertaining to OT's role and efficacy in this setting is limited (Finn, 2019). The aim of this study is to highlight the role of OT by identifying whether patients... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
What are Some of the Complications of Short Bowel Syndrome?
Discussion
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal emergencies in neonates. Mortality rates are from 0-45% depending on infant weight and gestation with more premature and smaller infants having greater mortality. NEC usually occurs in premature infants but it also occurs in term infants. The etiology is unknown but is probably multifactorial with ischemia and/or reperfusion playing some role. There are ‘outbreaks’ of NEC but no causative organism has been identified. Regardless of the originating cause, inflammation of the intestine and release of inflammatory mediators causes variou...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 30, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Working with children and adults with developmental coordination disorder
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) have launched a quick guide about occupational therapy and the assessment and diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in children and adults. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 4, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Role of occupational therapy in reducing and managing violence among mental health inpatients: a scoping review protocol - Bell D, Hallett N.
INTRODUCTION: Violence is pervasive among psychiatric inpatients and has profound consequences for its victims, its perpetrators and mental health services. Currently, the unique contribution of occupational therapists to reducing and managing violence amo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 31, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Dignity support at end of life
(Flinders University) At the end of life, people may have to rely on others for help with showering, dressing and going to the toilet. This loss of privacy and independence can be confronting and difficult. Now Australian occupational therapy (OT) researchers have interviewed 18 people receiving palliative care about how they feel about losing independence with self-care, specifically their intimate hygiene, as function declines with disease progression. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Occupational therapy utilization in veterans with dementia: a retrospective review of root cause analyses of falls leading to adverse events - Rhodus EK, Lancaster EA, Hunter EG, Nudell T, Humphrey C, Duke M, Harris AM.
INTRODUCTION: Falls in persons with dementia are associated with increased mortality. Occupational therapy (OT) is a rehabilitation discipline, which has, among its goals, the promotion of safety and fall prevention in older adults and those with dementia.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Fitness to drive practices among non-driver trained occupational therapists in an Australian community-based rehabilitation setting - Scott H, Unsworth C, Browne M.
INTRODUCTION: Driving is a valued occupation given the independence and freedom it provides. Safe driving performance can be impacted by medical conditions, change in functional status and ageing processes. Occupational therapy driver assessors (OTDAs) pro... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
