Rehabilitation Sciences 3125A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Occupational Therapy, Social Constructionism, Coronary Artery Disease
12 Dec 2016
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Face a unique combination of demands including? taking care of their own children. Focused on female carers for working age spouses (under 65 years) who survived a stroke. Total of 20 carers participated in the study: variety of questionnaires/measures used to assess background, primary stressors and health outcomes, secondary strain / occupation loss measured using the activity card sort (1st edition) 80 laminated photographs of common activities they would ask the person to: Sorted each picture into 1 of 4 categories: not done before the stroke, continue to do since the stroke, do less/cut back since the stroke, quit since the stroke. If any cards in categories 3 or4 were asked to sort those cards into two new categories: wish i could do / do more, do not wish i could do / do more. 11 participants experienced occupational loss had higher burden scores and lower mental health and vitality scores no different in physical health scores: results.
