Factors influencing recovery following non-catastrophic injury in a motor vehicle accident: client perspectives.

Purpose: Injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) can result in persistent impairments which contribute to decreased quality of life, chronic pain, and increased rates of mental health symptoms. A more explicit understanding of the factors influencing recovery from the perspective of injured persons is needed to inform clinical decision making and rehabilitation service delivery in the Canadian context. This study addressed the following research question: From the perspective of injured persons, what factors are identified as influencing recovery following a non-catastrophic injury sustained in an MVA?

Methods: This study employed a qualitative interpretive descriptive study design.

The impact of stroke on employment income: A cohort study using hospital and income tax data in Ontario, Canada.

Objective: To document the impact of stroke on employment income among people employed at the time of stroke.

Design: Population-based cohort study.

Participants: People hospitalized for stroke in Ontario, Canada (2010-2014) and people without stroke matched on demographic characteristics.

Intention to Return to Work after Stroke Following Rehabilitation in Ontario.

Background.: Returning to work is important for many people following stroke. An estimate of the prevalence of people intending to return to work post-stroke would be helpful in planning services supporting work reintegration.

Situating our selves: using mixed media to convey experiences of psychosocial cancer research.

Background: In contrast to the field of art therapy, the use of art-making as a form of reflective or creative practice by social scientists by themselves or for themselves has been limited. In this article, we describe the impetus and outcomes for collective art-making within our group of seven health researchers.

Methods: As a group, we represent sociology, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, and kinesiology, as well as interdisciplinary studies.

Operational Definitions and Estimates of Return to Work Poststroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To examine operational definitions of return to work (RTW) poststroke and provide more precise estimates of RTW through meta-analysis.

Data Sources: A systematic search was conducted using MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and SCOPUS (2005 to March 26, 2018). The search strategy involved expansion of medical subjective headings using terms related to stroke and work.

Cycles of silence: First Nations women overcoming social and historical barriers in supportive cancer care.

Background: First Nations people with cancer in Canada confront several critical inequities in physical and psychosocial domains. First Nations women are at a particular disadvantage as they are disproportionately affected by social determinants of health, but how they navigate these challenges within their communities is poorly understood.

Objective: Our study explores survivorship experiences of First Nations women with cancer and their caregivers.

Loss, adaptation and new directions: The impact of arm morbidity on leisure activities following breast cancer.

The impact of arm morbidity on leisure and quality of life is an understudied area in cancer survivorship. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively describe the impact of breast cancer-related arm morbidity on leisure participation in Canadian women. A grounded theory approach was used to generate thematic categories and a model.

Physicians' perspectives on cancer survivors' work integration issues.

Objective: To explore physicians’ perspectives on supporting cancer survivors’ work integration (WI) issues.

Design: Using vignette methodology, 10 physicians were individually interviewed. Interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed, and subsequently analyzed.

Survivors' experiences of return to work following cancer: A photovoice study.

Background: For many working-age cancer survivors, return to work represents a quality-of-life indicator. However, there is currently a lack of resources to assist survivors with navigating this process.

Purpose: As a first step toward informing resources to address this gap, 10 female survivors' return-to-work experiences were explored.

Working alliance development in occupational therapy: a cross-case analysis.

Background: Despite reverence afforded the therapeutic relationship construct in occupational therapy, many occupational therapists feel ill equipped to use themselves therapeutically to enhance the relationship with their clients. Furthermore, although occupational therapists often link the strength of the therapeutic relationship to therapy outcomes, related occupational therapy specific research has been limited. According to the psychotherapy literature, the working alliance is one element of the therapeutic relationship which has in fact been linked to therapy outcomes.