Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA, is Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; [email protected] Gillen, G. (2015). Guest Editorial—What is the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to improve occupational performance after stroke? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69, 6901170010. http:...

2. INTERFERENCE DUE TO OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS SCORE __________ How much do your obsessive thoughts interfere with your work, school, social, or other important role functioning? Is there anything that you don’t do because of them? 0 = None 1 = Slight interference with social or other activities, but overall performance not impaired 2 = Definite interference with social or occupational performance, ...

Occupational therapy is now consistently described as a profession concerned with enabling occupation. A crucial step in enabling occupation is understanding the occupational performance of our clients. Dynamic Performance Analysis (DPA) is a new approach to occupational analysis that focuses on the client's actual performance. DPA, acknowledging that optimal performance is the product of the i...

This study evaluated the responsiveness of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), an individualized, client-centered outcome measure for the identification and evaluation of self-perceived occupational performance problems. We recruited 152 consecutive patients with various diagnoses, admitted to the outpatient clinic of two occupational therapy departments, to complete a COPM in...

OBJECTIVE This article presents a case report of a child with poor sensory processing and describes the disorders impact on the child's occupational behavior and the changes in occupational performance during 10 months of occupational therapy using a sensory integrative approach (OT-SI). METHOD Retrospective chart review of assessment data and analysis of parent interview data are reviewed. P...

There are many unanswered questions about the concept of spirituality and its relationship to occupational performance. The role of occupational therapists in addressing clients' spiritual needs is unclear, and the inclusion of spirituality as a topic in the educational curricula of occupational therapy students requires further attention. Focus groups and surveys were used in this phenomenolog...

Impact of occupational stress on employee performance has been recognized as an important area of concern for organizations. Negative stress affects the physical and mental health of the employees that in turn affects their performance on job. Research into the relationship between stress and job performance has been neglected in the occupational stress literature (Jex, 1998). It is therefore s...

OBJECTIVES To assess the occupational impact of the mouth in terms of days of work loss in the last year and the perception of the working performance disturbance because of the oral conditions. STUDY DESIGN A consecutive sample (n=269) of the Regional Government staff of the province of Granada (Spain) was recruited. Participants were asked about work loss related to health problems in the p...

Autor para correspondência: Nick Pollard Senior Lecturer, Occupational Therapy, Robert Winston Building Sheffield Hallam University, 11-19 Broomhall Road, Sheffield S10 2BP, United Kingdom, e-mail: [email protected] Received on Apr. 30, 2015; 1a Revision on July 31, 2015; Accepted on Aug. 20, 2015. Abstract: This article considers the occupational performance of cultural participation, specif...