College Students' Adaptations of Activities and Experiences During the Pandemic Occupational Disruption.

During life disruptions, people adapt their activities responding to environmental stressors, resulting in new routines that support well-being. To explore college students' daily life experiences during the pandemic. Thirty students completed three time-use diaries, and responded to a survey on activity change during Coronavirus Disease 2019, satisfaction with social/leisure occupations, and well-being.

An Exploration of Yoga in Occupational Therapy Practice for Multiple Sclerosis.

The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to provide insight on the use of yoga in occupational therapy (OT) for people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). This study aimed to answer how and why OT practitioners (OTPs) integrate yoga into clinical practice for PwMS. Eight OTPs, half of whom have also completed yoga teacher training, participated in a semi-structured telephone interview.

Merging Yoga and self-management Skills (MY-Skills) to influence self-efficacy among individuals with persistent pain: A pilot study.

Context: Individuals with persistent pain-related disability have lower self-efficacy, which impacts daily function and health.

Aim: To explore self-efficacy among individuals with persistent pain who were part of a dyad (caregiver and care-recipient) who completed the Merging Yoga and self-management Skills intervention (MY-Skills).

Methods: Participants completed MY-Skills, an 8-week group, dyadic-based self-management and yoga program.

Validity and reliability of the Occupational Experience Profile.

Background: This study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of a new tool, the Occupational Experience Profile (OEP). The OEP was designed to be used to evaluate people's levels of experiences of pleasure, productivity, restoration, and social connection during their occupational performances.

Aim: To evaluate aspects of validity and reliability of the OEP Pleasure, Productivity, Restoration and Social connection scales.

Merging Yoga and Occupational Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: A Feasibility and Pilot Program.

The purpose of this study was to assess feasibility and changes in outcome measures following the Merging Yoga and Occupational Therapy for Parkinson's Disease (MY-OT for PD) program: a 14-session program which combined community-based yoga for PD, and fall-risk focused group occupational therapy sessions. Seventeen participants completed an 8-week control period consisting of their normal participation, and an 8-week intervention period (14 MY-OT for PD sessions). There were fewer self-reported falls in the intervention (6) vs.

Pilot Use of the Adapted Fresno Test for Evaluating Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge in Occupational Therapy Students.

Importance: A core tenet of occupational therapy is that practitioners should use evidence in their practice. Nevertheless, many occupational therapy practitioners feel limited in their evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge. Conceivably, improving EBP knowledge in students would facilitate their greater knowledge as practitioners.

Health-related quality of life changes after the merging yoga and occupational therapy for Parkinson's disease program: A mixed-methods study.

Background: To understand changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after the Merging Yoga and Occupational Therapy for Parkinson's Disease (MY-OT for PD) program.

Materials And Methods: We used a mixed-methods convergent design and administered the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-8 (PDQ-8), a measure of HRQoL, with 17 participants. We considered scores 8 weeks before MY-OT for PD, just before, and upon completion.

Understanding fall risk for older adults with cancer: An evaluation of experts' perceptions.

Objective: Older adults with cancer have elevated risk of falling. However, cancer-specific fall risk factors are not well understood.

Methods: A pragmatic, qualitative study utilized semi-structured interviews to investigate expert's perceptions of fall risk for older adults with cancer.

Increasing Meaningful Occupation for Women Who Provide Care for Their Spouse: A Pilot Study.

Caregiving for a loved one can be difficult and negatively affect health and quality of life. This pilot mixed-method study explored an intervention to increase participation in meaningful occupation for women who care for their spouse. Participants completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life: Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) and Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM).

The Relationship between Quality of Life, Activity and Participation among People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

The cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between quality of life, activity, and participation in 93 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a primary care center. Moderately strong correlations were found between quality of life and leisure/work, outdoor and social activities, but not with domestic activities. Leisure/work, outdoor, and social activities accounted for 18% of the variance in the quality of life variables.

Relating Activity and Participation Levels to Glycemic Control, Emergency Department Use, and Hospitalizations in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.

Participation in domestic, leisure, work, and community-based activities may relate to glycemic control, emergency department use, and hospitalizations in individuals with type 2 diabetes and low socioeconomic status. This study sought to determine how such role-related activity levels relate to A1C, emergency department use, and hospitalizations.

Yoga improves quality of life and fall risk-factors in a sample of people with chronic pain and Type 2 Diabetes.

Objective: Assess pre to-post outcomes for people with chronic pain and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) randomized to an 8-week yoga intervention or usual care.

Methods: Participants were included if they self-reported: chronic pain; T2DM; >18 years old; no exercise restrictions or consistent yoga; and consented to the study.

Results: After yoga, there were significant improvements in: Brief Pain Inventory pain interference (49 ± 15.

College students' experiences of hedonia and eudaimonia in their everyday activities: Degrés d'hédonisme et d'eudémonisme éprouvés par des étudiants du niveau universitaire au fil de leurs activités quotidiennes.

Background: Experiences of hedonia (i.e., seeking pleasure) and eudaimonia (i.

Multidimensional Improvements in Health Following Hatha Yoga for Individuals with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.

The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience of ten individuals with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) who completed an 8-week Hatha Yoga trial. The International Classification of Function, Disability, and Health (ICF) provided the framework for this study. Two focus groups were conducted following a twice-weekly, 60-minute yoga intervention that was designed for people with DPN.

The Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile: A case study: Étude de cas sur l'utilité du Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile.

Background: Occupational therapy enables clients to self-manage their health through the use of occupation; however, additional occupation-focused assessments are needed to capture people's subjective experiences associated with everyday activities as awareness of one's experiences can help promote change.

Purpose: This qualitative case study explored the utility of one such assessment, the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile (PPR Profile).

Method: Five spousal caregivers completed and discussed the PPR Profile with an occupational therapist.

Constructing an Outcome Measure of Occupational Experience: An Application of Rasch Measurement Methods.

Rasch methods were used to evaluate and further develop the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile (PPR Profile) into a health outcome measure of occupational experience. Analyses of 263 participant PPR Profiles focused on rating scale structure, dimensionality, and reliability. All rating scale categories increased with the intended meaning of the scales, but only 20 of the 21 category measures fit the Rasch rating scale model (RRSM).

Self-Management and Yoga for Older Adults with Chronic Stroke: A Mixed-Methods Study of Physical Fitness and Physical Activity.

Objective: This study investigated changes in physical fitness and physical activity among older patients with chronic stroke (stroke ≥ 6 months previous) after participation in a yoga infused self-management intervention.

Methods: A mixed-methods secondary data analysis examined quantitative measures of endurance, strength, and gait speed and qualitative perspectives of intervention participants.

Results: Based on Wilcoxon analysis, physical fitness outcome measures including endurance and lower and upper body strength significantly (p < .

Is it possible to develop a cross-country test of social interaction?

Objective: The Evaluation of Social Interaction (ESI) is used in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. What is considered to be appropriate social interaction, however, differs amongst countries. If social interaction varies, the relative difficulty of the ESI items and types of social exchange also could vary, resulting in differential item functioning (DIF) and test bias in the form of differential test functioning (DTF).

"Merging Yoga and Occupational Therapy (MY-OT): A feasibility and pilot study".

Objective: To examine the feasibility and benefits of the Merging Yoga and Occupational Therapy (MY-OT) intervention.

Design: This is the primary analysis of a non-controlled pretest-posttest pilot study to understand the feasibility and impact of MY-OT on balance, balance self-efficacy, and fall risk factor management in people with chronic stroke.

Setting: University research laboratory.

User-perceived utility of the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile.

Background: Awareness of the relationship between everyday occupations and subjective experience could help clients make changes that promote health.

Purpose: This study evaluated user-perceived utility of the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity, and Restoration Profile (PPR Profile), a time-use survey designed to uncover users' experiences of pleasure, productivity, and restoration and to promote awareness of how these experiences are related to daily occupations.

Method: Eighteen participants completed the PPR Profile on 2 days within I week and were subsequently interviewed.

The experiences of everyday activities post-stroke.

Purpose: Practitioners can use stroke survivors' lived experiences associated with everyday activities to understand and assess recovery from stroke, to plan interventions and to facilitate goal setting. This study explored the experiences associated with daily activities among community dwelling survivors of stroke to identify factors that influenced these experiences.

Method: In this mixed method study, 23 stroke survivors completed the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity and Restoration Profile, a time use survey, on three separate, self-chosen days within 1 week.

A follow-up study on the relationship among participation, activity and motor function in survivors of stroke following constraint-induced therapy.

Purpose: The aim of this follow-up study was to examine the relationships among motor function, activity and participation following constraint-induced therapy (CIT).

Methods: In this correlational study, 12 individuals who had previously participated in CIT completed the Fugl Meyer Assessment for the Upper Extremity and Wolf Motor Function Test (motor assessments), the Motor Activity Log (activity measure) and the Daily Experiences of Pleasure, Productivity and Restoration Profile (participation measure). Motor and activity changes over time were assessed using repeated measures ANOVA and Friedman's tests.

Strengths and limitations of the occupational therapy model curriculum guide as illustrated in a comprehensive curriculum revision process.

ABSTRACT The Model Curriculum was developed to guide curriculum design initiatives in occupational therapy. No data exist describing the Model Curriculum guide in an actual curriculum design process. This paper offers initial descriptive data on the strengths and limitations of the Model Curriculum guide as illustrated in a comprehensive curriculum revision process.

Service-learning-based instruction enhances students' perceptions of their abilities to engage in evidence-based practice.

ABSTRACT Education leaders in occupational therapy (OT) propose that active learning is one means to developing critical thinking skills essential for successful integration of knowledge into evidence-based practice. This study examines the impact of one type of active learning, service-learning, on students' perceptions of their knowledge, skills, and confidence in their abilities to provide OT services to adults with neurological conditions. Change in OT students' (n == 43) perceptions before and after engagement in service-learning were assessed using quantitative and qualitative data in a triangulation mixed-methods design.

Effectiveness of occupational therapy with frail community living older adults.

This study examined the effectiveness of short-term, home-based occupational therapy guided by the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model for improving activities of daily living [ADL] with eight frail, older adults living in assistive living. A multi-method research approach was utilized to collect both quantitative and descriptive, qualitative data in the form of a retrospective examination of the participants' clinical records. The quantitative component was a within-subjects, repeated-measures analysis of participants' Assessment of Motor and Process Skills [AMPS] ADL motor and ADL process ability measures that revealed statistically significant improvement in ADL motor, but not ADL process abilities.