Occupational Balance in Children of 8-10 Years and its Influence on School Performance

Raveica, Gabriela; Raveica, Ionel Crinel; Ciucurel, Manuela Mihaela

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.141

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“…Occupational balance of caregivers has shown to potentially influence both, their own health and the health of the person they cared for (22,35). There is increasing evidence, that occupational balance is clinically relevant in pediatrics, especially when it comes to parents of children with complex caring needs or critical health (22,23,(36)(37)(38)(39). Furthermore, a previous study indicated that there might be a link between mothers' occupations and their children's health as well (40).…”

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Associations Between Parental Occupational Balance, Subjective Health, and Clinical Characteristics of VLBW Infants

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ObjectiveVery low birthweight (VLBW) infants have an increased risk of mortality and frequently suffer from complications, which affects parental occupational balance. Occupational balance is the satisfaction with one's meaningful activities, which include everyday activities that people need to, want to, and are expected to do. In contrast to work-life balance, the construct of occupational balance addresses different activities equally and it applies to all persons, regardless of whether they are working or not. Parental occupational balance might be related to parents' and VLBW infants' health. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate associations between parental occupational balance, subjective health, and clinical characteristics of VLBW infants.MethodsA cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted in six Austrian neonatal intensive care units. Occupational balance and subjective health of parents of VLBW infants were assessed with six self-reported questionnaires. The following clinical characteristics of VLBW infants were extracted from medical records: gestational age, birthweight, Apgar scores, Clinical Risk for Babies II Score, and complications of prematurity. Spearman's rank coefficients were calculated.ResultsIn total, 270 parents, 168 (62%) female and their VLBW infants, 120 (44%) female, were included in this study. Parents' mean age was 33.7 (±6.0) years, mean gestational age of VLBW infants was 27 + 3 (±2) weeks. Associations between parental occupational balance, subjective health, and clinical characteristics of VLBW infants were identified (rs = 0.13 – 0.56; p ≤ 0.05), such as the correlation between occupational areas (rs = 0.22, p ≤ 0.01), occupational characteristics (rs = 0.17, p = 0.01), and occupational resilience (rs = 0.18, p ≤ 0.01) with bronchopulmonary dysplasia of VLBW infants.ConclusionOccupational balance is associated with parents' and VLBW infants' health. Interventions to strengthen parental occupational balance might increase parental health and thereby also improve health and developmental outcomes of their VLBW infants.

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“…Occupational balance has a huge impact on school performance of children (Dobins et al, 2013;Raveica, Raveica, & Ciucurel, 2012).…”

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Impact Of Video Exercises On Health, Well-Being And Social Inclusion

Stingescu¹

2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Children with intellectual disabilities are deprived of the early childhood psychological endowment and therefore require that, through a systematic education, to resume and complete the acquisition of the psychomotor skills. Our study approaches the development and implementation, in the context of the inclusive education system, of a series of multimedia activities, which is oriented towards the development of the autonomy and personal independence, creativity and imagination, self-confidence, communication skills and social interaction as an alternative form of education and development in different aspects (physical, mental and social). The pilot study was conducted with a group of 15 pupils aged between 11-14 years old, integrated in the special educational system. The children come from different social backgrounds and therefore they are easily exposed to social exclusion, to bullying or to poor participation in urban social life. Evaluation methods and techniques (balance and coordination tests, cardiorespiratory functional tests and ADL screening tests) were used to determine the functional capacity of the children, their skills and limitations. In term of results, we observed the development of the autonomy and personal independence, creativity and imagination, a greater self-confidence and capacity of social interaction and improved communication skills of the children with special educational needs. In conclusion, video exercises contribute not only to the development of the functional and motor skills, but also to the recognition and acceptance of the unique characteristics of every individual and therefore, to the exploitation of new and innovative resources, in order to achieve the true potential of these children.

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A new tool to measure occupational balance: Adolescent Occupational Balance Scale (A-OBS)

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2022

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Occupational Balance in Children of 8-10 Years and its Influence on School Performance

Cited by 5 publications

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Associations Between Parental Occupational Balance, Subjective Health, and Clinical Characteristics of VLBW Infants

Associations Between Parental Occupational Balance, Subjective Health, and Clinical Characteristics of VLBW Infants

Impact Of Video Exercises On Health, Well-Being And Social Inclusion

A new tool to measure occupational balance: Adolescent Occupational Balance Scale (A-OBS)

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