Self-reported Reasons for Changes in Performance of Daily Activities During a 2-Year Multidisciplinary Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation.

Background: Few multidisciplinary rehabilitation studies with a heterogeneous design have focused on individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). This study compared subjective-reported changes in performance and satisfaction with daily activities among moderately and severely disabled individuals with MS during a 2-year, multidisciplinary, group-based, outpatient rehabilitation program comprising education in self-management and compensatory techniques, exercise, and guided peer support.

Methods: Thirty-eight adults with moderate disability (Expanded Disability Status Scale [EDSS] score of 4.

Conceptions of healthcare professionals about rehabilitees' participation in goal setting in an acute hospital: A phenomenographic study.

Purpose: In acute care, effective goal-setting is an essential phase of a successful rehabilitation process. However, professionals' knowledge and skills in rehabilitee-centered practice may not always match the ways of implementing goal-setting. This study aimed to describe the variation in how acute hospital professionals perceive and comprehend rehabilitee participation in rehabilitation goal-setting.

Systematic review: Need for high-quality research on occupational therapy for children with intellectual disability.

Background: Enabling participation in everyday life and supporting development are essential goals in occupational therapy of children and young people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

Objective: To gather and evaluate evidence of the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions for children with ID in terms of participation in everyday life.

Material And Methods: A literature search conducted using electronic databases (CINAHL, Cochrane Library, PubMed and EMBASE) from January 2000 to May 2020.

ICF Personal Factors Strengthen Commitment to Person-Centered Rehabilitation - A Scoping Review.

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) classification is a biopsychosocial frame of reference that contributes to a holistic understanding of the functioning of a client and the factors involved. Personal factors (PFs) are not currently classified in the ICF due to large societal and cultural diversity and lack of clarity in the scope of such factors. To ascertain which factors in the ICF classification have been defined as PFs in different studies and what conclusions have been drawn on their role in the ICF classification.

Predictors of Participation and Autonomy in People With Multiple Sclerosis.

Importance: Because multiple sclerosis (MS) affects many life areas, it is important to know how participation and autonomy are associated with the perceived impact of MS on everyday life.

Objective: To investigate how perceived quality of life, disease impact, gender, and disease severity predict participation and autonomy in people with MS.

Design: Cross-sectional study in which structural equation modeling was used to evaluate relationships between measured variables.

Feasibility and psychometric properties of the Finnish version of the measure of processes of care for adults.

Objective:: To assess the psychometric properties and feasibility of the Finnish translation of the measure of processes of care for adults (MPOC-A) when used in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Design:: A feasibility study.

Settings:: Inpatient rehabilitation settings.

Rehabilitees perspective on goal setting in rehabilitation - a phenomenological approach.

Setting meaningful goals for the rehabilitation process after acute illness is essential for rehabilitees recovery. The aim of this study was to understand the meanings of the goal setting situation with professionals from rehabilitees point of view. We included 20 acute stroke and back pain rehabilitees (mean age 66 y) who set goals with a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team.

Psychometric evaluation of the Finnish version of the impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire in persons with multiple sclerosis.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the impact on participation and autonomy (IPA) questionnaire. The Finnish version of IPA (IPAFin) was translated into Finnish using the protocol for linguistic validation for patient-reported outcomes instruments.

Methods: A total of 194 persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) (mean age 50 years SD 9, 72% female) with moderate to severe disability participated in this study.

Young persons with visual impairment: challenges of participation.

Objective: To describe the challenges to activity and participation faced by young people with visual impairment within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF).

Methods: 14 young persons (aged 16-22 years) with visual impairment and their parents (n = 22) participated in the study. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) was used to describe challenges of participation as perceived by the young persons themselves.

What components of rehabilitation are helpful from the perspective of individuals with multiple sclerosis?

Purpose: To investigate the helpful components of rehabilitation from the point of view of people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Methods: Sixteen focus groups were conducted for 68 adults with MS, who were 6 months through their 2-year multi-professional group-based out-patient rehabilitation programs in three regions of Finland. Data were analyzed using qualitative inductive content analysis combined with counts of the coded data.

The activities and participation categories of the ICF Core Sets for multiple sclerosis from the patient perspective.

Purpose: To validate the activities and participation components of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 113 Finnish community-dwelling persons with MS were assessed using a semi-structured interview provided by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) to capture participants' self-perceived problems in everyday activities and participation. Problems were linked to the ICF categories.

Effectiveness of constraint-induced movement therapy on activity and participation after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objective: To examine the effect of constraint-induced movement therapy and modified constraint-induced movement therapy on activity and participation of patients with stroke (i.e. the effect of different treatment durations and frequency) by reviewing the results of randomized controlled trials.