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Catalyzing Research to Optimize Cancer Survivors’ Participation in Work and Life Roles
- Source :
- OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. 39:189-196
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2019.
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Abstract
- Participation refers to a state of health in which a person is able to fully engage in roles and life situations. Adults living with and beyond cancer often report persistent participation restrictions that affect their productivity and quality of life. The American Occupational Therapy Foundation convened a group of scientists from seven different disciplines in a Planning Grant Collective (PGC) to stimulate research to identify scalable ways to preserve and optimize participation among cancer survivors. Participants identified challenges, prioritized solutions, and generated novel research questions that move beyond symptom and impairment mitigation as outcomes to identify interventions that improve participation in roles and life situations. This article summarizes the PGC discussion and recommendations regarding three challenges: (a) the dynamic and multi-faceted nature of participation, (b) a need to integrate the concept of participation within the culture of oncology, and (c) identification of priority areas in which new lines of research regarding participation would be most impactful.
- Subjects :
- Occupational therapy
030506 rehabilitation
Medical education
medicine.medical_specialty
State of health
Psychological intervention
Affect (psychology)
03 medical and health sciences
Identification (information)
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
Cancer Survivors
Occupational Therapy
Work (electrical)
Research Design
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Activities of Daily Living
Quality of Life
medicine
Humans
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Productivity
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19382383 and 15394492
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....62d9ac6cc6bdd4097f58246a6fe1ad6c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1539449219844749