John V Rider, Katherine L C Manalang, Jason K Longhurst
{"title":"Freezing of Gait Is Associated with Daily Activity Limitations among Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment.","authors":"John V Rider, Katherine L C Manalang, Jason K Longhurst","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2024.2314181","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2024.2314181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the relationship between freezing of gait and daily activities among individuals with mild cognitive impairment due to Parkinson's disease by determining differences in caregiver-reported daily activity performance between individuals with and without freezing of gait. Cross-sectional baseline data from a longitudinal cohort study were used with 24 participants. Caregivers completed the Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ). Using a Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> test, findings indicated that participants with freezing of gait reported overall higher functional impairment levels on the ADLQ (<i>p</i>=.001), including the household, travel, self-care, employment and recreation, and communication subscores, indicating more perceived impairment. Findings show freezing of gait is associated with daily activity limitations in the home and the community among individuals with mild cognitive impairment due to Parkinson's disease. Clinicians should consider assessing freezing of gait, as early detection can inform the selection of interventions and strategies to minimize its impact on the performance of daily activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"361-375"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139724461","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":"Methods of Goal-Setting in Rehabilitation of Adults with Physical Dysfunctions-A Scoping Review.","authors":"Tibor Kafel, Lea Šuc, Marko Vidovič, Marnie Smith","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2294817","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2023.2294817","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This scoping review utilized the JBI methodology to investigate methods of goal-setting used in the rehabilitation of adults with physical dysfunctions. Electronic databases were searched for articles published in the last 5 years. The inclusion of articles and data extraction were performed by two independent reviewers. Results were presented and synthesized numerically and thematically analyzed. Results suggest that goals should be client-centered and specific and long-term goals, should be complemented with medium and short-term goals. While various goal-setting methods are used in current practice, their full potential is often not realized due to improper implementation. Therefore, there is a need for educating clinicians to improve the goal-setting process and ensure its effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"331-360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139075449","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}
Dina Prisco, Zahava L Friedman, Jorge Ochoa, Talia Nuesi, Carmen Guarino, Barbara Cheuvront, Patricia Higgins, Danielle Centi
{"title":"Piloting Therapeutic Drumming with Autistic Children: Effectiveness and Feasibility.","authors":"Dina Prisco, Zahava L Friedman, Jorge Ochoa, Talia Nuesi, Carmen Guarino, Barbara Cheuvront, Patricia Higgins, Danielle Centi","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2482929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2482929","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study measured the effectiveness and feasibility of therapeutic drumming for autistic children, targeting the meaningful occupational components of authentic social and personal participation of children. A 6-week therapeutic drumming intervention was implemented interprofessionally in two early-childhood classrooms with ten autistic children (<i>N</i> = 10), ages two through six. Two outcome measures were completed pre- and post-intervention: the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3), the Social and Personal Relationship Scale (SPRS). Descriptive statistics on pre- and post-intervention mean scores were generated and Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to determine the areas where mean score changes were statistically significant. Significant differences were found between each component of the SPRS, and on two BASC-3 subsections (e.g. response to teacher, transition movement). Misalignment between language on the BASC-3 and neurodiversity affirming practice was identified as a notable limitation of the study. Feedback collected from lead facilitators regarding efficacy and implementation feasibility was collected <i>via</i> interview following the program. The implication of this pilot study provides preliminary evidence supporting the effectiveness and feasibility of therapeutic drumming, which must be further explored.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732218","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":"Exploring Explicit Attitudes Toward Disability and Professional Identity Among Occupational Therapy and Other Healthcare Students: A Comparative Study.","authors":"Ana-Isabel Souto-Gómez, Luis-Javier Márquez-Álvarez, María-Del-Pilar García-de-la-Torre, Miguel-Ángel Talavera-Valverde","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2482930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2482930","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 57 occupational therapy students and 74 students from other health-related fields to explore the relationship between professional identity and explicit attitudes toward disability among university students of occupational therapy and students from other health care fields. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, non-parametric correlation analyses, and two exploratory linear regression models. Results indicated that occupational therapy students who felt a stronger sense of commitment and energy in their studies were more likely to hold inclusive views toward people with disabilities (<i>p</i> < .05). Furthermore, those in more advanced academic years who experienced a deeper sense of immersion in their university activities reported a greater appreciation for positive outcomes associated with disability (<i>p</i> < .05). These findings underscore the importance of nurturing engagement and inclusive perspectives throughout the occupational therapy curriculum. These findings highlight the need for occupational therapy curricula that emphasize inclusion to strengthen professional identity. Future studies should validate these findings in larger samples and across diverse educational settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711430","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":"Self-Efficacy for Interprofessional Experiential Learning Through an International Service Trip: A Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"William Sit, Katy Davis, Ryan Hulla, Jodi Thomas","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2482931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2482931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This pilot mixed-methods educational study examines the impact of interprofessional experiential learning on self-efficacy during a service trip to Guatemala. Participants were recruited from occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech pathology programs at a university. They engaged in a 9-day international interprofessional learning service trip. They completed pre- and post-surveys with open-ended questions to measure and reflect on the impact of their service trip on self-efficacy. Nine of 14 traveling students completed both pre- and post-trip surveys. Confidence in both interprofessional interaction and team evaluation showed statistically significant changes in the self-efficacy of interprofessional experiential learning in pre- and post-trip surveys. The service trip, involving therapy students, positively impacted their self-efficacy through participating in interprofessional experiential learning. Analysis of open-ended responses revealed the students' self-efficacy was significantly influenced by the collaboration between their peers in other professions. The study highlights the value of future interprofessional service trips.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693865","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":"Occupational Therapy Pre-Operative Intervention for Total Hip Replacement Patients; A Qualitative Enquiry.","authors":"Clare McKenzie, Karen Barker","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2473108","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2473108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This project aimed to explore the experiences of occupational therapists working in a specialist orthopedic hospital. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with eight occupational therapists working with total hip replacement patients, in an orthopedic hospital within the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) as part of a service review project. The data was recorded and transcribed and analyzed using the Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Six themes emerged from the data; (1) pre-operative intervention should be provided for all THR procedures, (2) pre-operative occupational therapy is key to timely discharge, (3) patient education is an important part of pre-operative occupational therapy intervention, (4) predicting some patients' needs pre-operatively can be challenging, (5) certain patients need to have post-operative occupational therapy and (6) occupational therapists with greater experience are more confident to treat patients pre-operatively. Thus, occupational therapy appears to be key to facilitating the rapid discharge of total patients in the current climate of accelerated pathways of care, as a comprehensive pre-operative occupational therapy service reduces the need for post-operative intervention for certain patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606377","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":"Occupational Therapy Practitioners' Perspectives on the Acceptability and Utility of a Self-Advocacy Intervention in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting.","authors":"Laura VanPuymbrouck, Brenda Koverman, Megan Kral","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2476182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2476182","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Access to healthcare is a critical piece to health management for all people but for people with disability it may require knowledge and use of self-advocacy skills to request and receive equitable care. These skills empower clients and support overall health and well-being. Occupational therapy practitioners are uniquely trained to educate clients in self-advocacy skill development. However, there is little evidence of practitioners translating these approaches into practice. Thus, the purpose of this knowledge translation approach was to explore occupational therapist's perceptions of the clinical utility and acceptability of a novel self-advocacy intervention as a step toward intervention refinement for clinical use and future effectiveness research. Using qualitative methods, seven occupational therapists participated in semi-structured interviews after a two-month trial period using the self-advocacy intervention. Thematic analysis of interviews resulted in multiple elucidating insights that align to barriers and facilitators to intervention acceptability and utility. Barriers included length of stay, prioritization of goals, and patient's acceptance of disability. However, occupational therapists were able to deliver the intervention with a small group of patients supporting that the intervention holds promise for use in addressing client self-advocacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606372","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}
Rupambika Sahoo, Leslie Edward S Lewis, Sebestina Anita Dsouza
{"title":"First-Time Mothers' Experiences of Caring for Their Preterm Infant in India.","authors":"Rupambika Sahoo, Leslie Edward S Lewis, Sebestina Anita Dsouza","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2472420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2472420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to understand first-time mothers' experience of caring for their preterm infant in an Indian context using a descriptive qualitative design. Six first-time mothers of preterm infants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. Thematic analysis revealed the overarching theme of \"striving to be a mother to an infant with special needs,\" with three categories: contextual constraints at the hospital and home, mothers' personal limitations and coping strategies. The study findings highlight the importance of recognizing and addressing the unique needs of first-time mothers of preterm infants.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606230","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":"A Scoping Review of the Experiences of Ableism of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Students with Disabilities.","authors":"Yiwen Li, Nada Barrie, Sally Lindsay","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2475465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2475465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This scoping review synthesizes the literature related to the experiences of ableism for occupational therapists and occupational therapy students with disabilities. It was conducted across peer-reviewed published academic literature using seven health sciences databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, Web of Science). Our search, without date restrictions, was conducted up to July 2024 and yielded fifteen articles. Four themes emerged: (1) social/interpersonal experiences of ableism; (2) environmental barriers in occupational therapy education or workplace settings; (3) adaptive responses to institutional and interpersonal ableism; and (4) social advantages of disability. These findings contribute to effectively meeting the competency of equity and justice within the 2019 Position Statement of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. The findings can help to inform discussions about improving equity, diversity, and inclusion within the occupational therapy profession by raising awareness of how professional inequities may affect equity-deserving groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587769","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":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/07380577.2025.2471716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2025.2471716","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46157,"journal":{"name":"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN HEALTH CARE","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517012","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}