After the stroke, person can lose efficiency due to prolonged recovery of biosocial dysfunctions. Occupational therapy is a purposeful activity employed on individuals with different dysfunctions like cognitive disorders, psychosocial dysfunctions, mental disability as well as learning or physical disability and other illnesses and states. It is aimed at reaching functional results for health improvement. Occupational therapy includes observation and evaluation of the patients, using tests, measures and evaluation of the received results. The evaluation of the efficiency of separate occupational therapy methods is inseparable part of multiple rehabilitation development.
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Can J Aging
January 2025
Department of Family Studies and Gerontology and Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, Mount Saint Vincent University.
Background: Pandemic-related restrictions in nursing homes have undermined the critical role that family and friend caregivers play in enhancing resident quality of life.
Objective: We examined how family caregiver access restrictions in nursing homes were implemented and how they impacted the mutual well-being of and relationships between residents and their caregivers over time. s Between March 2021 and march 2022, 24 'designated caregivers' in Atlantic Canada were interviewed three times.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, JPN.
Introduction: On-road tests are considered the gold standard for evaluating real-world driving skills. However, their reliability and validity remain inadequately established, particularly under varying legal and road conditions across countries.
Aim: This study investigates the discriminant validity of the closed-course version of the Standardized On-Road Assessment for Drivers (SOAD) in Japan.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, JPN.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an effective intervention for improving cognitive impairment in patients with stroke. However, its effectiveness in the subdomains of cognition is conflicting and not clearly established. This systematic review assessed the efficacy of TMS in improving executive function, attention, and memory in this population.
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December 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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December 2024
Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350 Australia.
Unlabelled: Although research is an integral component in medicine, student participation in research remains limited. This is a systematic review conducted using rapid review methods conforming to the WHO and Cochrane guidelines to synthesise evidence on the enablers and barriers of medical student participation in research. PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO were searched, yielding 27 final studies.
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