The role of occupational therapists in helping consumers understand their health and medical conditions.
Published in OTJR : occupation, participation and health
The role of occupational therapists in helping consumers understand their health and medical conditions.
The NIH Roadmap: An Opportunity for Occupational Therapy.
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Putting executive performance in a theoretical context.
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This article provides a theoretical context to understand the role of executive functions in occupational performance. The authors provide definitions of the components of executive functions and their occupational significance. Assessment and intervention strategies for individuals with executive function deficits are discussed.
The Relationship Between Neurocognitive Behavior of Executive Functions and the EFPT in Individuals with Multiple Sclero...
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The current study examined the relationship between two separate but complementary methods of assessing executive functions in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS): (1) a neurocognitive approach with the Tower of London(-DX) (TOL-DX) test and (2) a functional top-down approach with the Executive Function Performance Test (EFPT). Sixty-eight ind...
Ecological Validity of the Multiple Errands Test (MET) on Discharge from Neurorehabilitation Hospital.
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The purpose of this prospective study was to examine the predictive and ecological validity of the Multiple Errands Test (MET) on discharge from neurorehabilitation hospital to the community. The specific objective was to examine the relationships between discharge MET scores and follow-up scores on the Participation Index (M2PI). The study sample ...
Everyday executive function is associated with activity participation in Parkinson disease without dementia.
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Individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) who do not have dementia reliably demonstrate mild executive deficits on laboratory-based tests, but the impact of these deficits on occupational performance is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the relevance of executive dysfunction in PD without dementia to instrumental, leisure, and socia...
Application of the Multicontextual Approach in Promoting Learning and Transfer of Strategy Use in an Individual with TBI...
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The multicontext approach addresses strategy use and self-monitoring skills within activities and contexts that are systematically varied to facilitate transfer of learning. This article illustrates the application of the multicontext approach by presenting a case study of an adult who is 5 years post-traumatic brain injury with executive dysfuncti...
Occupational therapy research agenda.
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Executive functions and real-world performance: how good are we at distinguishing people with acquired brain injury from...
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Individuals with cognitive deficits sometimes make errors during the performance of everyday tasks, such as forgetting to turn off the stove. Despite the implicit assumption that clinicians can discriminate individuals with executive function deficits from healthy controls, investigating the validity of this assumption is critical to informed treat...
Executive dysfunction immediately after mild stroke.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the presence of executive function deficits immediately after mild stroke that are known to impact participation in home, work, and community life. Individuals with mild stroke who were discharged from the acute setting to the home with few or no rehabilitation services were assessed within 1 week after di...
