Effects of Community Occupational Therapy on Quality of Life, Mood, and Health Status in Dementia Patients and Their ... - 0 views

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  #1 maglianop on 27 Nov 17

   

  The relevance of occupational therapy is supported by findings that problems in daily functioning often are the reason for a decrease in quality of life in dementia patients and that information and emotional support improves the quality of life of patients and their caregivers.
  Patients and their informal caregivers were assessed at baseline before the intervention, at 6 weeks (effect measurement), and at 12 weeks (follow-up measurement). Outcomes of this study were quality of life, health status, and mood (of both the dementia patients and their caregivers), and caregivers' sense of control over life. Quality of life was assessed with the Dementia Quality of Life Instrument (Dqol) (19-21), which is divided into three categories and six subscales: (A) aesthetics (sum scores 5-25); (B) frequency of feelings: B1: positive affect (sum scores 5-30); B2: negative affect (sum scores 5-55); B3: self esteem (sum scores 5-20); B4: feelings of belonging (sum scores 5-15); and (C) overall quality of life (1-5) (higher scores on quality-of-life subscales indicate better quality of life, except for subscale B2).
  https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/62/9/1002/525876

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The relevance of occupational therapy is supported by findings that problems in daily functioning often are the reason for a decrease in quality of life in dementia patients and that information and emotional support improves the quality of life of patients and their caregivers. <br /> Patients and their informal caregivers were assessed at baseline before the intervention, at 6 weeks (effect measurement), and at 12 weeks (follow-up measurement). Outcomes of this study were quality of life, health status, and mood (of both the dementia patients and their caregivers), and caregivers' sense of control over life. Quality of life was assessed with the Dementia Quality of Life Instrument (Dqol) (19-21), which is divided into three categories and six subscales: (A) aesthetics (sum scores 5-25); (B) frequency of feelings: B1: positive affect (sum scores 5-30); B2: negative affect (sum scores 5-55); B3: self esteem (sum scores 5-20); B4: feelings of belonging (sum scores 5-15); and (C) overall quality of life (1-5) (higher scores on quality-of-life subscales indicate better quality of life, except for subscale B2). <br /> <a href="https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/62/9/1002/525876" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/62/9/1002/525876</a></div>

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