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Browsing Research Articles (Occupational Therapy) by Issue Date
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(OTASA: Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2012-04)Occupational therapists in mental health care settings find it difficult to produce convincing evidence of their unique contribution to health care. This article reports on the initial phase of a larger study where the ...
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(OTASA : Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2012-04)Various factors have an impact on the development of the clinical reasoning skills of occupational therapy students during their training. The aim of this study was to investigate how the interpersonal communication skills ...
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(Wiley, 2015-08)BACKGROUND / AIM : Feedback on clinical reasoning skills during fieldwork education is regarded as vital in occupational therapy students’ professional development. The nature of supervisors’ feedback however, could be ...
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(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-10)This study set out to investigate the relationship between individual values of final year occupational therapy students at seven universities as well as the eventual performance of each student during the final evaluation. ...
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(Routledge, 2015-12)The contribution of universities to regional development has in the last few decades gained significant currency. Inter alia, this contribution has been through steered national, regional, and institutional policies aimed ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-04-20)Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is worldwide one of the most concerning health problems as it is associated with reduced work productivity and permanent disability. Occupational therapists are often called ...
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(Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2017-09)BACKGROUND ː Occupational therapists, as part of the multi-disciplinary psychiatric team, regularly include activities and or discussion groups to reduce symptoms of patients with major depressive disorders (MDD), and to ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-12)BACKGROUND : Interprofessional education aims to prepare learners to collaborate across specialties to provide high-quality healthcare. Internationally and nationally, the emerging need for integrated healthcare and ...
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(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2018-04)INTRODUCTION : Major depressive disorders (MDD) cause work disability and work loss, often resulting in unemployment. Employees with MDD are often referred to occupational therapists (OTs) to assist with functional capacity ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2019)The research supervisory role is becoming increasingly complex due to issues such as diversity of students; mismatched expectations between the student, supervisor and higher education institution and shorter and specific ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2019-09-30)BACKGROUND : Raising a child with autism spectrum disorder is associated with high levels of stress. Primary caregivers are a group at risk of mental illness and reduced quality of life. Although interventions for the ...
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(Sage, 2019-10)INTRODUCTION : This research describes the therapeutic impact of hippotherapy on adolescents with cerebral palsy diplegia using the Physiological Cost Index and walking speed as outcome measures. METHOD : A single-system ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2020)Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) frequently experience interpersonal difficulties. This study compared two occupational therapy group programs, an existing discussion/activity program and a new activity-based ...
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(Elsevier, 2020-06)INTRODUCTION : A chest radiograph is one of the first-line diagnostic tools for general practitioners (GPs) to diagnose, monitor treatment, and predict the outcomes of diseases. In district hospitals, after clinical ...
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(Health Systems Trust, 2020-06)Severe mental illness, which includes disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, is associated with significant impairment, but the severity of the impairment and the associated ...
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(South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2020-07)The International Conclave on Occupational Health 2020 (OCCUCON 2020) and associated conferences were held in Mumbai, India from 28 January to 1 February 2020, with the overall theme Healthy Worker: Key to Productivity ...
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(South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2020-11)This report includes news from some of the international and regional occupational health organisations with whom the South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM) interacts. The ‘new normal’ ways of living and ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2021)PURPOSE : Various factors influence the selection of assistive technology for young children within a context with limited resources, such as South Africa. Rehabilitation professionals are required to weigh up different ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a crucial component of learning in the undergraduate occupational therapy (OT) programme. WIL provides essential work exposure, allows for theory-practice integration and forms part of ...
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(South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2021-09)BACKGROUND : The health workforce is key to service delivery and forms part of the World Health Organization’s six building blocks for health systems. It is therefore important to prioritise the health and wellbeing of ...
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