Occupational therapists prevent dysfunction and maintain and restore function for people with HIV/AIDS in the areas of work, selfcare and play/leisure. These occupational areas are assessed and treated from psychosocial, physical and environmental perspectives. This article examines occupational therapy assessment and treatment for people with HIV/AIDS with the primary focus on adaptive equipme...

This study explored the inter-relationships among state and trait anxiety, occupational stress, perfectionism, aspiration, and music performance anxiety in a group of elite operatic chorus artists employed full-time by a national opera company. The chorus artists reported higher trait anxiety, higher occupational role concerns, and higher occupational personal strain than normative samples. Hig...

[Purpose] This study was performed to evaluate the occupational performance of stroke patients and their environment by occupational self-assessment and to investigate the relationship between occupational performance and well-being. [Subjects and Methods] This study enrolled ninety-two stroke patients who were receiving occupational therapy at a general hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, or ...

The first challenge in developing an effective health promotion program for employees is the performance of a health needs assessment on the target population. In an effort to meet this challenge, 600 corporate employees were surveyed and compared with respect to the allotment of time to work, leisure, and self/family care activities; health risk factors; perceived health; and activity satisfac...

objectives: low back pain is one of the main health problems which affect many people worldwide. the daily course of life is highly disrupted due to the chronic back pain problem. this study aims to explore the occupational performance of individuals with chronic low back pain. methods: fifteen people with chronic low back pain were included in this study using purposeful sampling. the particip...

Abstract Introduction: agricultural production in Brazil has grown recent decades, and rural workers are exposed to many occupational risks. Epidemiological studies on the topic remain limited, especially regarding methodological complexity. Objectives: present main challenges carrying out epidemiological areas. Methods: considerations presented this article based literature experience of autho...

Occupational stress the greatest killer among white and blue collar workers. The monster is more prevalent among university workers especially the non-teaching staff. It is on this backdrop that the study was nurtured. The study essentially examined the effect of occupational stress and how it impairs the performance of the non-teaching staff in the south eastern universities in Nigeria. Descri...