Although Occupational Therapy in Iran is relatively a new profession, it has been well progressed, providing various services for people with all kinds of disabilities. As such, in the last decades, OT has been recognized as the major demand in all governmental, private and NGO sectors. Due to this demand, occupational therapy training programs have been increased from three into ten, expecting...

In response to our perceptions of the need to clarify the nature of school-based occupational therapy services at the local, state, and federal levels, we have written this article to address three areas. First, we suggest that the terminology used by school-based occupational therapists to describe their work be explained in terms that will allow parents and educators to better understand the ...

The benefits of play-based occupational therapy for hospitalized children with cancer warrant further exploration. Pediatric cancer disease symptoms, complications from treatment, and multiple and prolonged hospitalizations restrict participation in the daily activities of a child’s life. However, occupational therapy services in pediatric oncology are limited because of the disease nature, tre...

objective the primary problem in children with cerebral palsy (cp), frequently referred for occupational therapy, is gross motor dysfunction. the current study was designed to investigate the effects of sensory integration therapy (sit) on gross motor skills in cp patients. materials & methods twenty-four children with diplegic spastic cp were randomly divided into two groups: first group (n=14...

objectives: schizophrenia is responsible for a significant proportion of burden of mental diseases in iran. lack of a follow-up system has resulted in the repeated hospitalizations. in this study it is hypothesized that standardized living skills training delivered to participants with schizophrenia in outpatient and inpatient centers can be effective compared to a  control group (with occupati...

abstract background: one of the main causes of stress in the lives of people is their jobs. occupational stress is causing a wide range of significant issues in health and community services. nursing is the most stressful profession in the health services. massage therapy is one way of coping with stress. this study was conducted to determine the effect of massage therapy on stress in nurses. m...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to assess what caregivers know about special caring practices for cerebral palsied children aged between one and five years and to what extent they apply such knowledge in their daily contacts with such children. materials and methods: to conduct this cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study, a questionnaire was first designed and then validated...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to develop an iranian hand writing speed test (i-chst) for testing of iranian students aged 8-12. to date, no  norms of handwriting speed have been published for hand-writing speed of the iranian students. methods: a sample of 400 typically developing iranian students across four age cohorts was recruited. among those 400 students 50% were girls and 50%...

background: the high prevalence of obesity among commercial truck drivers may be related to sedentary nature of the job, lack of healthy eating choices, and lack of exercise. there may be a link between obesity and crash risk, therefore an intervention to reduce obesity in this population is needed. objective: to assess feasibility of a 12-week weight loss intervention for truck drivers with a ...