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Background. Restrictions implemented to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to disruptions in occupational balance among university students. Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based time-use intervention on the occupational balance of university students. Method. A total of 60 participants were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received eight sessions of web-based time management intervention, while the control group received a single-session web-based time management intervention. Pre-and post-intervention occupational balance of the participants was evaluated with Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ). Findings. The eight-session intervention was more effective than the single-session intervention in improving OBQ total scores and all individual OBQ item scores except for “Having sufficient things to do during a regular week.” Implications. Occupational therapists can implement web-based time management interventions to promote the occupational balance of university students during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Introduction Occupational balance (OB) is an important concept in occupational therapy and is considered as an essential component of health and well-being. The aim of this study was to show differences in OB and quality of life (QoL) between mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and typically developing children. Methods Thirty-six mothers of children with CP and 36 mothers of typically developing children participated in the study. The mothers’ OB was evaluated using the Turkish Occupational Balance Questionnaire-11 (OBQ11-T), and their QoL was evaluated with the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). Results The OBQ11-T, total score, and the item ‘balance between obligatory and voluntary occupations’ score differed significantly between the groups ( p < 0.05). There were also significant differences in NHP’s aspects of emotional reaction, social isolation, and sleep scores between the groups ( p < 0.05). A negative correlation was detected between OBQ11-T total and NHP total scores in mothers of children with CP ( p < 0.01). Conclusion This study demonstrates that occupational therapists should pay attention to balance between obligatory and voluntary occupations to promote occupational balance. Also, QoL in mothers of children with CP should be evaluated. Therefore, occupational therapists should implement interventions to increase them when necessary for mothers of children with CP.

The study was carried out to determine the opinions of mothers whose infants were staying in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on staying with baby during care and treatment, participation in the procedures, and family centered care in the unit. Materials and Method: The data of this descriptive research were obtained through a questionnaire from 63 mothers whose babies have been hospitalized at the NICU of a university hospital in Istanbul between January and June 2017. Findings: It was determined that almost all mothers (90,5% and above) wanted to perform baby care practices; more than half (52,3% and above) of them usually wanted to accompany their infants during treatment except some painful and complicated practices (nasogastric tube insertion, peripheral intravenous and umbilical catheter placement, resuscitation and surgery). More than half (50,8%) of the mothers stated that they were satisfied with the Family-Centred Care practices in the unit; however, it was seen that they needed more support for accompanying their babies during treatment practices (44,4 %) and in the postdischarge period (76,2). Conclusion: In the research, it was determined that the mothers wanted to be with their infants during care and treatment practices. It is necessary to provide support to mothers for being included in baby care practices, to encourage them to accompany their babies during treatment practices, to inform them, to develop corporate policies to enable mothers to stay with their babies in the same room for 24 hours and to maintain communication and counselling after discharge.