INTRODUCTION: We aimed to investigate the feasibility of assistive technology (AT) devices to improve leprosy patients' occupational performances and satisfaction. METHODS: This is a pretest-posttest design study. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure was used to assess the occupational performance and satisfaction of five leprosy participants with grade 2 disabilities before and af...

One of the founding assumptions underlying the health professions is the belief that there is a strong relationship between engagement in occupations, health, and wellbeing. The ability to perform everyday occupations (occupational performance) has a positive effect on health and wellbeing. However, there is also conflicting evidence indicating that participation in multiple roles or in certain...

aims: stress is considered as a psychological phenomenon that inflicts human beings in the modern societies. burnout is a psychological or behavioral state which occurs as individual’s performance quality deteriorates. this study aimed to investigate the level of burnout and occupational stress in kashan rehabilitating centers staffs.  materials & methods: this descriptive study was done on all...

conclusions the present study showed that heat stress had a negative effect on job satisfaction; also there were no significant effects on job stress and job performance. results the results showed that job satisfaction had a negative correlation with wbgt index (r = -0.42, p < 0.001) and hssi (r = -0.49, p < 0.001). also, there was no statistical correlation among occupational stress and job p...

The "Guide to Classification of Occupational Therapy Personnel" has been developed as a resource for the American Occupational Therapy Association and for health care administrators and others requiring the services of occupational therapy personnel. The guide to common job roles of occupational therapy describes the qualifications and performance expectations of associated roles. The job roles...