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- Title
Impact of an Activity-Based Program on Health, Quality of Life, and Occupational Performance of Women Diagnosed With Cancer.
- Authors
Maher, Colleen; Mendonca, Rochelle J.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE. We evaluated the impact of a 1-wk activity program on the health, quality of life (QOL), and occupational performance of community-living women diagnosed with cancer. METHOD. A one-group pretest-posttest repeated-measures design was used. Participants completed a functional health measure (36-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-36]), a QOL measure (World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief version [WHOQOL-BREF]), and an occupational performance and satisfaction measure (Canadian Occupational Performance Measure [COPM]) before and 6 wk after program completion. The COPM was also administered on Day 5. RESULTS. Paired t tests for the SF-36 and WHOQOL-BREF showed no significant differences, except for the WHOQOL-BREF's Social Relationships subscale (p < .008). Repeated-measures analyses of variance showed a significant difference in COPM performance and satisfaction scores (p < .001). CONCLUSION. The activity program effectively improved occupational performance and satisfaction and social relationships of community-living women diagnosed with cancer.
- Subjects
NEW Jersey; PENNSYLVANIA; ANALYSIS of variance; CANCER patient psychology; HEALTH surveys; LONGITUDINAL method; OCCUPATIONAL therapy; PROBABILITY theory; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); WOMEN'S health; JUDGMENT sampling; DATA analysis; PRE-tests &; post-tests; REPEATED measures design; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2018, Vol 72, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0272-9490
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5014/ajot.2018.023663