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Negotiating Time and Space When Working From Home: Experiences During COVID-19 (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
An anonymous online survey was deployed from April 27th to June 11th, 2020. Two free-response questions were used to elicit comments on personal experiences of working from home: “What positive benefits have you experienced due to working at home?” and “Please share any additional information regarding your experience with working at home.” A total of […]
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Sleep Habits and Routines of Individuals Diagnosed with Mental and/or Substance-Use Disorders (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This research consisted of three surveys that included demographics, participants’ sleep habits and routines, and overall quality of sleep as measured by PSQI. It also consisted of open-ended questions via semi-structured interviews with a smaller subset of the sample to further explore habits and routines associated with sleep. The researchers visited a total of six […]
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Association of Occupational and Physical Therapy With Duration of Prescription Opioid Use After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Medicare Enrollees (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This retrospective study included 14,068 patients from January 2010 to December 2015. All patients were 66 years or older and received an inpatient total hip or knee arthroplasty. The primary outcome variable was duration of prescription opioid use after surgery. Opioid use secondary to the surgical intervention was defined as a prescription filled between the […]
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Self-Management Interventions to Improve Activities of Daily Living and Rest and Sleep for Adults with Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Interventions to Address ADL Performance Eleven articles described studies of interventions to address ADL performance. The authors identified two subthemes: (1) diabetic foot care and education and (2) exercise and education. Diabetic Foot Care and Education Seven studies described in 9 articles involved interventions to promote diabetic foot care self-management. These interventions included discussion of […]
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The Issue Is—Building Bridges: Integrating Disability Ethics into Occupational Therapy Practice (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The AOTA 2020 Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics challenges clinicians to engage in mindful reflection before action. Included in clinicians’ mindful reflection should be critical thinking about how they understand disability and how they communicate their understanding with their clients, both overtly and subtly, while delivering OT services (Magasi, 2008). Drawing from disability ethics—the ethical […]
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Frameworks for Parkinson’s Disease Rehabilitation Addressing When, What, and How (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This review synthesizes international clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) addressing rehabilitation for people with PD. WHEN: Rehabilitation Referral TimingThere is moderate strength for the recommendation of early rehabilitation (e.g., soon after diagnosis, when experiencing functional deficits due to motor or non-motor symptoms, and during hospitalizations for reduction of adverse events). In all stages of PD, rehabilitation […]
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Addressing Phantom Pain Through Occupational Participation: A Qualitative Study of Support Group Participants (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The study utilized the lens of occupational adaptation (OA) theory, which focuses on a person’s internal desire for mastery and the demand for mastery of the environment. The objective of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of support group participants who are survivors of LLA living with PLP and understand the adaptation […]
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Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology in the Emergency Department (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
While research is still in its infancy, evidence exists for the benefits of OT and PT in reducing hospital admission and readmission rates, length of stay, rates of imaging, opioid use, cost of care, and increasing patient satisfaction when integrated into the ED. Each discipline provides a unique role within the ED and can contribute […]
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Occupational Therapy Interventions for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living for Adults with Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review (2021)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This review included studies of interventions within the scope of OT practice with outcomes of interest related to IADL performance and participation, with IADLs defined according to the OTPF–3. Measures could include performance-based assessments, questionnaires, questions, or objective measures (e.g., activity monitor). Health-related quality of life and other functional outcome measures were not included unless […]
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Dogs as an Adjunct to Therapy: Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury (2019)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
31 participants with a SCI attending inpatient rehabilitation completed baseline demographic and psychological inventories. Participants were also asked if they owned a dog, if they liked dogs, and if they feared dogs. Following completion of the baseline surveys, four regularly scheduled 30-minute OT sessions were completed. During those sessions, all patients completed tasks targeting fine […]
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