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Comparing activity engagement of people aged 18 to 64 years with and without Parkinson’s disease
- Source :
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 81:101-105
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- Introduction Measuring activity engagement using the Activity Card Sort Australia (18–64) supports occupational therapists and clients to identify goals for therapeutic interventions. The aim of this study was to investigate activity engagement for people aged 18 to 64 years with and without Parkinson’s disease. Method Thirty-two participants, 16 people with Parkinson’s disease (mean age 57.8) and 16 healthy adults (mean age 53.1), were required to sort 85 visual activity cards into one of five categories: ‘never done’, ‘do not do now’, ‘do now’, ‘do less now’ and ‘given up’. The retained activity values were calculated and compared using the Mann–Whitney U Test. Results The overall retained activity scores were not significantly different ( p = .81); however, the group with Parkinson’s disease had higher retained scores in the physical activities domain ( p = .04) Conclusion The preventative exercise regimes of people with Parkinson’s disease seems to influence activity engagement patterns. A more detailed understanding of activity engagement may further help form the basis of meaningful interventions.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty
Parkinson's disease
Activities of daily living
Psychological intervention
Mean age
Disease
Activity Card Sort
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Activity engagement
Occupational Therapy
Physical therapy
medicine
Exercise regimes
0305 other medical science
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14776006 and 03080226
- Volume :
- 81
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b64e3e3225e24c2e2c88fd3ef108f3ef