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Health Behavior Performance After a Personalized Occupational Therapy Intervention in Cancer Survivors
Alix G Sleight1,2, Yoko E Fukumura1, Sandy C Takata3
1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Background:
Health behaviors significantly influence health outcomes after cancer. However, few studies have tested occupational therapy (OT) self-management training to catalyze health behavior change.
Objectives:
To establish proof of concept of a 12-week OT intervention designed to improve occupational performance and/or satisfaction in cancer survivors.
Methods:
This single-arm, prospective study used the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure to measure change in occupational performance and satisfaction related to health behaviors in a convenience sample of 20 cancer survivors.
Results:
Both occupational performance and occupational satisfaction scores increased for all participants (n = 20) post-intervention. A total of 18 participants (86%) demonstrated a clinically significant change in performance scores (≥2), and 19 participants (95%) demonstrated a clinically significant change in satisfaction scores (≥2).
Conclusion:
OT, when leveraged for a health self-management intervention, may result in improvements in both occupational performance and satisfaction related to health behavior in cancer survivors.
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