There are a great number of defectives up and down the country for whom institution care is not necessary but who can, if they are given the right sort of occupation which will interest them and brighten their lives, live in the community without any detriment to themselves or to others. For some of these defectives, attendance at an Occupation Centre is the best solution, but many live in dist...

Abstract Date Presented 04/20/2023 Research is needed on goal setting for patient-identified goals and areas of occupation prioritized. Goals by five therapists were not set if 'not attainable or are unrealistic.' least likely instrumental activities daily living, followed leisure, then basic living. The most social participation. Primary Author Speaker: Theresa M. Smith

Previous research revealed associations between an individual's occupation and cognitive abilities. However, the underlying causal relation is not always clear only few studies focused on a critical component of executive functioning, namely working memory updating (WMU). Study 1 examined whether restaurant ticket collectors (N = 53) have better WMU ability compared to group security guards 49)...

BACKGROUND Increased use of the Internet provides new opportunities for collecting data in large studies. The aim of our new Web-based questionnaire, Active-Q, is to assess total physical activity and inactivity in adults. Active-Q assesses habitual activity during the past year via questions in four different domains: (1) daily occupation, (2) transportation to and from daily occupation, (3) l...

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 s...

Habitat instability has an important influence on species' occurrence and community composition. For freshwater arthropods that occur in ephemeral rock pools, the most drastic habitat instabilities are droughts and the intermittent availability of water. However, although the desiccation of a rock pool is detrimental for planktonic populations, it may also bring certain benefits: the exclusion ...

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