Occupational performance modification and personal change among clients receiving rehabilitation services for rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Implications for more effective and efficient occupational therapy interventions are suggested.

Meaning perspective transformation following stroke: the process of change

“…A range of transformation of meaning perspectives has been uncovered. Shared themes among several of these studies appear to be transformation of how one evaluates the self [16][17][18]. For example, individuals with arthritis who were receiving home-based rehabilitation shifted from a self-evaluation based on selfreliance, activity and altruism to redefined values within a self-caring framework [19,20].…”

The structural-personal interaction: Occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia

“…To ensure trustworthiness, member checking during (Dubouloz, Vallerand, Laporte, Ashe, & Hall, 2008) and after interviews (Patton, 2002) was implemented to ensure transcripts and analysis were reflective of the meanings participants wished to communicate. For example, during interviews, the first author would review notes she had written after discussing a topic and check that she had understood what the participant had said.…”

Understanding decision-making towards housework among women with upper limb repetitive strain injury

“…In our study, although all women reported they had made some changes to their housework, none of them incorporated changes perceived as disruptive to their identity as a homemaker, unless pain became too much to carry out the tasks. A study by Dubouloz, Vallerand, Laporte, Ashe and Hall () found that for women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), changes in behaviour happened when their meaning perspectives were transformed. In the present study, no participant demonstrated any major transformation of meaning perspectives related to housework.…”