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What Are the Classifications of Perinatal Stroke?
Discussion Perinatal stroke occurs in about 1:1000 live births and is a “focal vascular injury from the fetal period to 28 days postnatal age.” Perinatal stroke is the most common cause of hemiparetic cerebral palsy and causes other significant morbidity including cognitive deficits, learning disabilities, motor problems, sensory problems including visual and hearing disorders, epilepsy, and behavioral and psychological problems. Family members are also affected because of the potential anxiety and guilt feelings that having a child with a stroke presents, along with the care that may be needed over the child&#...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 1, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Self-Perceived ADL/IADL Function is Influenced by Residual Neurological Impairment, Aphasia, and Anxiety
We examined the extent to which aphasia status, neurological impairment and poststroke depression, and anxiety contribute to self-perceived ADL/IADL function.METHOD.: Seventy-six community-dwelling individuals at least 6 months poststroke, 44 with and 32 without aphasia, participated in the cross-sectional study. The Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) ADL/IADL domain was the primary outcome measure with aphasia status, residual neurological impairment, depressive symptoms, and anxiety as predictor variables.FINDINGS: Aphasia status, residual neurological impairment, and anxiety were independent predictors of self-perceived ADL/IADL...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - May 9, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ashley R Juniper Lisa Tabor Connor Source Type: research

Occupational Therapy Interventions to Address Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in the Physical Disability Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting: A Systematic Review
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Limited, moderate-quality evidence exists within the occupational therapy scope of practice for addressing depressive and anxiety symptoms in the physical disability IPR setting. Interventions primarily included cognitive and behavioral strategies. Further research among diverse patient populations is needed to support occupational therapy practitioners in facilitating client participation and functioning. What This Article Adds: This systematic review provides an evaluation of the evidence within the occupational therapy scope of practice to address depressive and anxiety symptoms within the phy...
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - January 17, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Janell Pisegna Sarah Anderson Jessica L Krok-Schoen Source Type: research

Examining components of community psychosocial stroke interventions using concept mapping
CONCLUSIONS: Concept mapping identified similarities among the three interventions that can be best understood using self-determination theory. Clinicians may utilize findings revealed in the process to inform evidence-based psychosocial stroke interventions.SIGNIFICANCE: Knowledge of key 'active ingredients' for psychosocial community stroke interventions, can be used to guide clinical reasoning and inform development of interventions.PMID:34181505 | DOI:10.1080/11038128.2021.1933172
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy - June 28, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Theresa Fraser Leora Karon Anne Lund Unni Sveen Dorothy Kessler Source Type: research

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on occupational therapy practice and use of telerehabilitation - A cross sectional study
CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown experiences made us rethink the current approach of therapy services into alternative method (mixed mode) delivery of occupational therapy practice, which is including the combined method of video-based (telerehabilitation) consultation and face to face intervention.PMID:34002837 | DOI:10.26355/eurrev_202105_25845
Source: Pharmacological Reviews - May 18, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: B Ganesan K N K Fong S K Meena P Prasad R K Y Tong Source Type: research

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