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Embedding health promoting changes into the daily lives of independent living older adults
— long-term follow-up of occupational therapy intervention | | Author(s) | Florence Clark, Stanley P Azen, Mike Carlson |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 1, January 2001 |
| Pages | pp P60-P63 |
| Keywords | Occupational therapy ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Living in the community ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Well Elderly Study was a randomised trial of independent living older Americans that found significant health, function and quality of life benefits attributable to a 9-month programme in preventive occupational therapy (OT). All participants completing the trial were followed for 6 more months without further intervention and then re-evaluated using the same battery of instruments. Long-term benefit attributable to preventive OT was found for the quality of interaction scale of the Functional Status Questionnaire, and for six of eight scales on the RAND-SF-36: physical functioning, role functioning, vitality, social functioning, role emotional, and general mental health. Approximately 90% of the therapeutic gain observed following OT treatment had been retained at follow-up. Given the looming crisis of health-care costs in the US, the finding of a sustained effect for preventive OT has relevance for public health issues affecting older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010307222 A |
| Classmark | LOH: CC: LK2: K4: 7T |
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