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Research Articles (Occupational Therapy): Recent submissions
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(MDPI, 2022-08-16)Climate change, biodiversity loss and large-scale environmental degradation are widely recognized as the biggest health threats of the 21st century, with the African continent already amongst the most severely affected ...
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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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(South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2021-01)24 Jornadas de Salud Ocupacional, the 24th Annual Conference of the Society of Occupational Medicine of the Province of Buenos Aires (Sociedad de Medicina del Trabajo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires – SMTBA) took place ...
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(Springer, 2021-06)INTRODUCTION : Client-centered goal setting has multiple benefits in spinal rehabilitation. However, research has shown that many occupational therapists struggle to facilitate client-centered goal setting. South Africa ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2022-07)BACKGROUND. Maternal mental health during the perinatal period has been of interest to many researchers, with antenatal depression and postnatal depression (PND) being a leading cause of morbidity. The adverse effects of ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-02-26)BACKGROUND: Occupational therapists have been using group therapy as their preferred treatment modality in mental healthcare since the origin of the profession. In private mental healthcare units, major depressive disorder ...
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(Health Systems Trust, 2021-12-01)The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare services has been widely reported, but limited information is available on its impact on rehabilitation services in South Africa. This article reports on the impact of COVID-19 on ...
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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, 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, 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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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