{"title":"The Role of Reflective Activities for Occupational Therapy Education: Key Elements from a Student Perspective.","authors":"Madeline Au, Jenna Knelson, Gayla Grinde, Shu-Ping Chen","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2450712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2450712","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This exploratory study explored second-year students' experience with reflective activities in a Canadian Master's in Occupation Therapy program. A survey and follow-up interviews were conducted to examine multiple perspectives and the influences of reflective activities on students. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Chi-Square, and thematic analysis. Findings revealed that reflections on personal or societal perspectives were perceived to be more beneficial than reflections on clinical simulations. Three themes emerged: (1) key elements influencing the reflective experience, (2) diverse experiences of reflective activity, and (3) the perceived outcomes resulting from positive reflective experiences. This study highlights the significance of reflective activities in occupational therapy education and identifies key elements that shape students' experiences with reflective activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Describing Occupational Therapy Services in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Dragana Krpalek, Candice Cheung, Naomi White, Sydney Lao, Norma Islas-Guadarrama, Alyssa Griffin, Heather Javaherian-Dysinger","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2022.2156023","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2022.2156023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As occupational therapists gain recognition for their work in primary care, it is important to explore the services they provide within these settings. A qualitative study was employed whereby six licensed occupational therapists within the United States were invited via email to engage in semi-structured interviews. Interview transcripts were analyzed individually by six researchers and as a team using consensus coding. Four themes emerged: \"Primary Care Benefits\", \"Occupational Therapy Process and Distinct Value\", \"Primary Care Interventions\", and \"Complexities of Primary Care: Patient Conditions and Challenges.\" Occupational therapists described a range of benefits to being positioned within primary care. Problem solving around patient barriers, funding and logistical challenges are important considerations. Emphasizing 'occupation-based practice' and 'doing' within therapy are vital for occupational therapists who wish to advocate for their services and apply their distinct skill set within primary care settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"22-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10442422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Occupational Therapy Practice on Patient Outcomes after High Tibial Osteotomy: A Non-randomized Study in Japan.","authors":"Yuki Hiraga, Ryusei Hara, Yoshiyuki Hirakawa, Shinya Hisano, Eiji Kitajima, Katsuko Hida","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2180819","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2180819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the effectiveness of occupational therapy intervention combined with standard rehabilitation in patients undergoing high tibial osteotomy (HTO). Overall, 115 patients with HTO for knee osteoarthritis were examined. An intervention group (<i>n</i> = 50), who received occupational therapy and standard rehabilitation, was compared to a control group (<i>n</i> = 65), who underwent standard rehabilitation only (<i>n</i> = 65). Compared with the control group, the intervention group had significantly lower Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale depression and anxiety scores (both <i>p</i> < 0.05), with between-group differences showing large- and medium-effect sizes, respectively (<i>d</i> = 1.06 and 0.61). Results suggest occupational therapy with rehabilitation during hospitalization improves depression and anxiety rates in patients post-HTO.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"41-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10764013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catherine R Hoyt, Maribeth Clifton, Cristina Reyes Smith, Lamar Woods, Steven D Taff
{"title":"Transforming Occupational Therapy for the 21st Century PAIRE: Recognize Privilege, Acknowledge Injustice, and Reframe Perspective to Reach Equity.","authors":"Catherine R Hoyt, Maribeth Clifton, Cristina Reyes Smith, Lamar Woods, Steven D Taff","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2265479","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2265479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Theories, models, and frameworks provide the foundation for occupational therapy education, research, and clinical practice. While most have a systems approach focus, other factors, such as societal influences and structural inequities, also contribute to health. Using a cross-sectional design, this study identified the gaps in occupational therapy models of practice and presents a novel approach, the PAIRE (Recognize <i>P</i>rivilege, <i>A</i>cknowledge <i>I</i>njustice, and <i>R</i>eframe Perspective to Reach <i>E</i>quity) Model. PAIRE is focused on achieving occupational equity through the reciprocal and intersectional impact of the provider/team, the person/people seeking occupational therapy, and the occupation-in-context, with continuous influences of access, context, and justice. We describe the components of PAIRE and illustrate its functionality in education, research, and clinical practice contexts as well as case examples.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"216-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11016132/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41215696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2203031","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2203031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9755061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan de Klerk, Lwandokazi Gqada, Retha-Mari Honiball, Logan Julius, Charnell van Wyk, Lee-Ann Jacob-Nzuzi Khuabi
{"title":"The Impact of Upper Limb Injury or Conditions on Daily Occupations: A Qualitative Inquiry.","authors":"Susan de Klerk, Lwandokazi Gqada, Retha-Mari Honiball, Logan Julius, Charnell van Wyk, Lee-Ann Jacob-Nzuzi Khuabi","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2243509","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2243509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study aimed to explore six public service users' perspectives on the impact their upper limb injury or condition has on their everyday lives while receiving occupational therapy intervention at a public hospital in the context of the Northern Cape of South Africa. An interpretivist phenomenological approach was employed. Data was collected using reflexive photography and semi-structured interviews. Three main themes were generated during inductive reasoning, namely the impact on role fulfillment, change in occupational task performance and the factors impacting performance in preferred occupations. Participants confirmed that to present a contextually relevant and responsive service, Occupation-Based Hand Therapy (OBHT) approaches must be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"145-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9949571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed Sh Nadar, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Mai Helmy, Suhaib Hattab, Omar Amin Alhaj, Maha M AlRasheed, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Helmi Ben Saad
{"title":"Impact of Nomophobia on Musculoskeletal Problems in the Upper Extremity among Adults: Implications for Occupational Therapy.","authors":"Mohammed Sh Nadar, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Mai Helmy, Suhaib Hattab, Omar Amin Alhaj, Maha M AlRasheed, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Helmi Ben Saad","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2243629","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2243629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nomophobia (NO MObile PHone Phobia) is a psychological condition in which people are anxious of being cut off from their mobile phones and been associated with adverse consequences to physical and psychosocial health. The objective of this study was to measure the impact of nomophobia on musculoskeletal problems in the upper extremity among adults. The Nomophobia scale (NMP-Q) was used to measure addiction to smartphone use among 5,087 Middle Eastern adults. A snowball sampling approach was used to recruit the participants between March and June 2021. Results showed that nomophobia was evident in 1,119 participants (22%) with a mean NMP-Q score of 114.1 (SD 11.1). A total of 3,396 upper extremity symptoms were reported among our participants. The binomial logistic regression showed that NMP-Q score is a significant predictor of symptoms to the thumb only (<i>β</i> = 0.01, <i>p</i> = .026). This study has provided evidence of the negative physical consequences of addiction to smartphone use. Participants with thumb-related symptoms were more prone to sustain other concurrent upper extremity symptoms, probably due to their maladaptive habits of using the phone. Thus, it is important to increase awareness about the risks associated with the use of smartphones. Implications for occupational therapy are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"177-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41104758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clara Zerboni, Sofía Dominguez, Chiara Buzzelli, Nicole Denise Nagelkop, Milagros Roselló, Melania Isabel Ron
{"title":"Occupational Therapy Practice in the Rehabilitation of Adults with Occupational Dysfunction following a Neurological Injury in Argentina: A Descriptive Study.","authors":"Clara Zerboni, Sofía Dominguez, Chiara Buzzelli, Nicole Denise Nagelkop, Milagros Roselló, Melania Isabel Ron","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2238225","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2238225","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To describe aspects of occupational therapy practice in the rehabilitation of adults with occupational dysfunction following a neurological injury in Argentina, a cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted. One hundred and sixty-seven occupational therapists completed an online, self-administered questionnaire. The preferred professional model was the Model of Human Occupation and the most frequently administered assessment was the Functional Independence Measure. The most frequent interventions were sitting balance, fine motor skills, and dressing. There is an inclination to work on neuromusculoskeletal functions, followed by training in activities of daily living. No statistically significant differences were found between the type of interventions and care method, type of sessions, and rehabilitation stage. Results indicate that although occupational therapists use a combination of practice approaches, the footprints of reductionism are still present in professional exercise.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"92-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9873785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Atala, Mackenzie Bennington, Elizabeth Domholdt
{"title":"Population-Based Practice in Occupational Therapy.","authors":"Maria Atala, Mackenzie Bennington, Elizabeth Domholdt","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2243515","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2243515","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As occupational therapists develop their roles in promoting the health of populations, it is important to understand the nature of population-based practice. Seventeen occupational therapists engaged in population-based practice participated in semi-structured interviews that explored major aspects of their practice. Qualitative descriptive analysis was used to summarize results. The population-based practice of participants was primarily at the community level and focused on health teaching and coaching, and collaboration and consultation. Four topic areas within population-based practice were identified (with respective themes): characteristics (bigger impact, respond to specific needs of communities, and emphasize prevention), preparation (community engagement within occupational therapy education, education beyond occupational therapy, and networking and leadership experiences), challenges (difficulty obtaining funding, resistance, and time consuming), and benefits (doing more within the scope of practice, and positive client impact). These themes can inform the work of occupational therapists engaged in population-based practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"162-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9927036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Justice Becomes Our Agency.\" Occupational Therapists in Germany Reflect on Their Practice Processes in and with Communities.","authors":"Roswitha Hoerder, Staffan Josephsson, Debbie Kramer-Roy","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2253911","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2253911","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Community development and population-oriented approaches are emphasized to advance the occupational therapy profession's scope of practice to meet the increasing demands created by socio-cultural-political and economic changes. This study explored the practice processes of occupational therapists in community settings outside existing health care structures in Germany. Data was gathered through five individual qualitative interviews and one focus group and analyzed using thematic analysis. Three main themes were identified: navigating parallel processes within the larger context or system; building community connections through occupation; growing professional identity. The utilization of occupational science concepts was essential to work successfully on a community level.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"193-215"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41170266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}