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Kokorelias KM, Nadesar N, Bak K, Boger J, Nygård L, Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen A, Nedlund AC, Astell A. The impact on employment and education of caregiving for a family member with young onset dementia: A scoping review. Dementia (London) 2024:14713012241247339. [PMID: 38623057 DOI: 10.1177/14713012241247339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
Abstract
Young-onset dementia (YOD) affects individuals under 65 years of age, often leading to loss of employment and independence. Families provide increasing levels of care to family members with YOD, resulting in changes to their daily lives, including their occupational pursuits. This review examines evidence of the occupational implications for family members who provide care to a family with YOD to identify: (i) the influence and impact caregiving tasks and responsibilities have on employment, volunteering, and education, and (ii) caregiver, and caregiving situation factors associated with changes in employment, volunteering, and education. A scoping review was performed using eight electronic databases. Included articles were narratively synthesized using a thematic analysis. Sixteen studies met the inclusion criteria and were included for review. The over-arching (main) theme of 'decision-making' was identified, with family members required to make choices about their own occupational goals and roles to be able to provide care to family living with YOD. The outcomes of these decisions are dynamic and changeable across the caregiving trajectory. Three caregiving factors influence decision-making: (1) Implications of Combining Caregiving and Occupations, (2) Altered Identity (3) Strategies to Support Caregivers of Individuals Living with YOD. A fourth theme was also identified 'Guidance for Researchers To Support Caregivers'. There is a scarce body of literature examining the influence caregiving has on occupational outcomes for the YOD caregiver population. Much of this work is descriptive and lacks focus on the implications, particularly long-term impacts. This review provides a foundational guide for future research and practices to support YOD family caregivers to obtain and sustain occupations.
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- Kristina M Kokorelias
- Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
- University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- UBC-Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Division of occupational therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Fallahpour M, Nygård L, Asaba E. Communication and engagement as potentiality in everyday life between persons with young onset dementia living in a nursing home and caregivers. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2022; 17:2035305. [PMID: 35133256 PMCID: PMC8925924 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2022.2035305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objectives To explore communication and engagement in everyday situations between persons with young-onset dementia (YOD) living in a nursing home (NH) and the caregivers. Methods The study draws on ethnographic methods aligned with participatory design. Three residents with YOD living in a NH and eight staff members were recruited. A narrative approach was used for data collection and analysis. Findings Three narrative vignettes were developed representing everyday situations in which communication and engagement was enacted among residents and caregiver staff: (a) waiting for something to happen, (b) tensions about everyday communication, and (c) negotiating a combined living + working environment. The findings stress a paradoxical tension rooted in the NH as residence and workplace as well as place of calm and place of boredom. The everyday situations are interpreted differently from the perspective of the residents and staff. Conclusion The identified paradox of planned and spontaneous situations influences communication and engagement in everyday life, and the potentiality for active engagement embedded in contexts of units for residents with YOD. The degree to which everyday activities and encounters are redefined and renegotiated is an important part of caregiving practices in NH settings for residents with YOD.
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- Mandana Fallahpour
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (Nvs), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (Nvs), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (Nvs), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit for Research, Education, Development, & Innovation, Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Health Sciences, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Research Group, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Gaber SN, Thalén L, Malinowsky CW, Margot-Cattin I, Seetharaman K, Chaudhury H, Cutchin M, Wallcook S, Kottorp A, Brorsson A, Biglieri S, Nygård L. Social Citizenship Through Out-of-Home Participation Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia. J Appl Gerontol 2022; 41:2362-2373. [PMID: 35773080 PMCID: PMC9561802 DOI: 10.1177/07334648221112425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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There is limited empirical knowledge about how older adults living with dementia enact their social citizenship through out-of-home participation. This study aimed: (a) to investigate out-of-home participation among older adults with and without dementia in four countries and (b) to compare aspects of stability or change in out-of-home participation. Using a cross-sectional design, older adults with mild-to-moderate dementia and without dementia, aged 55 years and over, were interviewed using the Participation in ACTivities and Places OUTside the Home questionnaire in Canada (n = 58), Sweden (n = 69), Switzerland (n = 70), and the United Kingdom (n = 128). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a two-way analysis of variance. After adjustment for age, diagnosis of dementia and country of residence had significant effects on total out-of-home participation (p < .01). The results contribute to policies and development of programs to facilitate social citizenship by targeting specific activities and places.
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- Sophie N Gaber
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Department of Health Care Sciences, Marie Cederschiöld University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Social Work and Health, Lausanne (HETSL), 111832University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO) Delémont, Switzerland
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- Department of Gerontology, 1763Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- 144477Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, WA, USA
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Health and Society, 59606Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- School of Urban and Regional Planning, 7984Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Thalén L, Malinowsky C, Margot-Cattin I, Gaber SN, Seetharaman K, Chaudhury H, Cutchin M, Wallcook S, Anders K, Brorsson A, Nygård L. Out-of-home participation among people living with dementia: A study in four countries. Dementia 2022; 21:1636-1652. [PMID: 35435030 PMCID: PMC9243454 DOI: 10.1177/14713012221084173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Social participation in out-of-home activities is important for people living with
dementia, yet little is known about such participation. The aim of this study was to
explore and compare out-of-home participation among people living with dementia in four
countries by assessing different types of places of participation visited or no longer
visited. A cross-sectional design was used to gather self-reported experiences concerning
out-of-home participation among people with mild stage dementia living in Canada
(n = 29), Sweden (n = 35), Switzerland
(n = 35) and the UK (n = 64). Interviews were
conducted using the Participation in ACTivities and places OUTside the Home for
older adults (ACT-OUT) instrument. Participants still visited 16
(Median) places out of a possible total of 24, and they had abandoned 5
(Median) places. Neighbourhood was the place most participants still
visited, whereas 50% of them had stopped going to a Sports facility, with no significant
differences between country samples regarding how many participants had abandoned that
place (Fisher’s exact test, p > 0.01). There were significant
differences between country samples in the frequency of present participation and
abandonment of the Hospital, Dentist’s office, Cemetery, Garden, and Forest (Fisher’s
exact test, all p < 0.01). Although the participants still visited a
variety of places, they had stopped going to places previously visited, which indicates
reductions in participation, posing an inherent risk to well-being. The similarities and
differences across samples from the four countries suggest that healthcare services and
access to public transport may contribute to the complex interactional process of
out-of-home participation for people living with dementia. The findings highlight the need
for initiatives targeting specific types of places to support continued participation in
society, especially places at a higher risk of abandonment such as places for recreation
and physical activity.
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- Liv Thalén
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Social Work and Health, Lausanne (HETSL), University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Delémont, Switzerland
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences, and Uppsala University, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Clinical Psychology in Healthcare, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, WA, United States
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Margot-Cattin I, Berchtold A, Gaber S, Kuhne N, Nygård L, Malinowsky C. Associations between community participation and types of places visited among persons living with and without dementia: risks perception and socio-demographic aspects. BMC Geriatr 2022; 22:309. [PMID: 35397532 PMCID: PMC8994370 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
Increasingly, literature has focused on community participation in places visited by persons living with and without dementia. Earlier research indicates that multiple factors, including socio-demographic aspects and risk perception may influence community participation.
Aim and methods
This cross-sectional, explorative study aims to inquire into how places visited, socio-demographic aspects and risks perception are associated with self-rated community participation for persons living with and without dementia (n = 70) in Switzerland. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews with questionnaires (ACT-OUT, MoCA, sociodemographic). First, we investigated whether the number of places visited was correlated with self-rated participation; then we added socio-demographic and risks perception factors with a bivariate analysis; and searched for a model using multinomial logistic regressions.
Results
For the group of participants living with dementia, risks of falling (p = .014) and of getting lost (p = .037) were significantly associated with self-rated participation. For the group of participants living without dementia, visiting places outside the home was significantly associated with self-rated participation, especially visiting places in domain D/places for recreational and physical activities (p = .005).
Discussion and conclusions
The results of exploring multiple factors and searching for a model highlights the complexity of community participation as a construct. Risks and visiting places for recreational and physical activities seem to play a role in self-rated participation. Mobile interviews might be better suited to gain in-depth understanding on community participation for persons living with dementia.
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Hoffmann L, Persson G, Nygård L, Nielsen T, Borrisova S, Gaard-Petersen F, Josipovic M, Khalil A, Kjeldsen R, Knap M, Kristiansen C, Møller D, Ottosson W, Sand H, Thing R, Pøhl M, Schytte T. Thorough design and pre-trial quality assurance (QA) decrease dosimetric impact of delineation and dose planning variability in the STRICTLUNG and STARLUNG trials for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) of central and ultra-central lung tumours. Radiother Oncol 2022; 171:53-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shastri K, Boger J, Marashi S, Astell A, Dove E, Nedlund AC, Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen A, Nygård L. Working towards inclusion: Creating technology for and with people living with mild cognitive impairment or dementia who are employed. Dementia (London) 2021; 21:556-578. [PMID: 34749536 PMCID: PMC8811323 DOI: 10.1177/14713012211051885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Earlier diagnosis and longer working careers is resulting in more individuals being identified as having Mild Cognitive Impairment or Early Onset Dementia (MCI/EOD) when they are still in the workforce. While there is growing interest in the dementia research community and beyond to develop technologies to support people with dementia, the use of technology for and by people with MCI/EOD in the workplace has had very little attention. This paper presents a two-part study involving interviews and participatory sessions to begin to understand the workplace experiences and the role of technology among people living with MCI/EOD. We present our findings from working with seven people with MCI/EOD and two care partners to explore technology design. Our results indicate several similarities as well as a few differences between MCI/EOD and later-onset dementia with respect to challenges using technology and design considerations for supporting engagement and use of technology. Lessons learned through the process of working with people with MCI/EOD through participatory methods is presented along with recommendations to foster an inclusive, respectful, and empowering experience for participants with MCI/EOD.
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- University of Waterloo, Canada; Research Institute for Aging, Canada
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Nygård L, Ryd C, Astell A, Nedlund AC, Boger J, Mäki Petäjä Leinonen A, Issakainen M, Larsson Lund M. Self-initiated management approaches in everyday occupations used by people with acquired cognitive impairment. Scand J Occup Ther 2021; 29:139-151. [PMID: 34410888 DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2021.1925740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Striving to cope with day-to-day challenges is a basic human behaviour. Self-initiated management approaches provide a resource that has yet to be discovered and systematically used in occupational therapy practice. This resource might be especially important for people with dementia who are less likely to adopt management approaches initiated by others. AIMS/OBJECTIVES Based on the findings of former studies on management and problem-solving actions among people with cognitive impairment, this article aims to identify and categorize the study participants' self-initiated management approaches and how these may be manifested in strategies in everyday occupations. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study utilized a form of meta-synthesis; an aggregated analysis, where findings from 11 studies published 2004-2020 were compared and categorized, incorporating the views of participants with dementia/mild cognitive impairment, or acquired brain injury. RESULTS Thirty strategies were identified and grouped into seven categories of management approaches, used in a variety of everyday occupations and situations. A majority of the strategies were found in both populations, suggesting that management approaches are more similar than different across populations with cognitive impairment. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE Attending to the rich variation of self-initiated management approaches/strategies among persons with cognitive impairment offers possibilities for developing occupational therapy interventions.
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- Louise Nygård
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Occupational Sciences & Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Society and Health, Unit of Health care Analysis, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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- Division of Health, Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Lutz C, Knap M, Møller D, Hoffmann L, Khalil A, Håkansson K, Persson G, Bentzen S, Nygård L, Vogelius I. PD-0876 First-failure prediction model for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer - External validation. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07155-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jakobsson E, Nygård L, Kottorp A, Olsson CB, Malinowsky C. The use of everyday technology; a comparison of older persons with cognitive impairments’ self-reports and their proxies’ reports. Br J Occup Ther 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0308022620954117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction Older persons with cognitive impairment have often been disregarded in providing information on their own perceptions. This study explored the number of relevant everyday technologies and the ability to use everyday technologies as perceived by persons with cognitive impairment in comparison with their proxies’ estimates using the Short Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire. Method In this cross-sectional study, persons with cognitive impairment ( n = 21) and their proxies ( n = 21) were interviewed on separate occasions with the Short Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire, which measures the number of relevant everyday technologies and the ability to use everyday technologies. The data were analysed with t-tests, z-comparisons, and Fisher’s exact test. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05. Results At the group level, no significant differences were found between persons with cognitive impairments’ perceptions and their proxies’ estimates regarding the number of relevant everyday technologies or the ability to use everyday technologies. On the individual level, significant differences were found in the ability measures within four out of the 21 dyads. Conclusion The persons with cognitive impairment and their proxies verified each other’s responses, providing evidence that persons with cognitive impairment should be the primary source for information about their own everyday technology use.
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- Elin Jakobsson
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Jakobsson E, Nygård L, Kottorp A, Bråkenhielm Olsson C, Malinowsky C. Does the purpose matter? A comparison of everyday information and communication technologies between eHealth use and general use as perceived by older adults with cognitive impairment. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2020; 17:897-906. [PMID: 32954891 DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2020.1821103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Everyday information and communication technologies (EICTs) are increasingly being used in our society, for both general and health-related purposes. This study aims to compare how older adults with cognitive impairment perceive relevance and level of EICT challenge between eHealth use and general use. METHODS This cross-sectional study includes 32 participants (65-85 years of age) with cognitive impairment of different origins (due to e.g., stroke or dementia). The Short Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire+ (S-ETUQ+) was used, providing information about the relevance of EICTs and measuring the EICT level of challenge. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics, standardized z-tests and Fisher's exact tests. The significance level was set to p < .05. RESULTS The result shows that the perceived amount of relevant EICTs for eHealth use was lower in all 16 EICTs compared to those of general use. About the perceived level of challenge, a significant difference was detected in one of the seven included EICTs between eHealth use and general use. CONCLUSIONS In this sample, all EICTs were perceived as having lower relevance for eHealth use compared to general use, suggesting that the purpose of using an EICT affects the perceived relevance of it. Also, once an EICT is perceived as relevant and used for eHealth purposes, there seem to be little to no differences in perceived challenge compared to the same EICT used for general purposes.Implications for rehabilitationAll stakeholders, including health care providers, need to be aware of the hindrances that come with digitalization, making it challenging to many citizens to make use of digital solutions.It is of great importance that social services including eHealth services be tailored to suit the individual/target group.Older adults may need support and an introduction to EICTs to discover the potential relevance of the specific device and/or service.
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- Elin Jakobsson
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Gaber SN, Nygård L, Brorsson A, Kottorp A, Charlesworth G, Wallcook S, Malinowsky C. Social Participation in Relation to Technology Use and Social Deprivation: A Mixed Methods Study Among Older People with and without Dementia. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:E4022. [PMID: 32516958 PMCID: PMC7312692 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17114022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Social participation is a modifiable determinant for health and wellbeing among older people; however, social participation is increasingly dependent on technology use. This study investigated social participation in relation to Everyday Technology use and social deprivation of the living environment, among older people with and without dementia in the United Kingdom. Sixty-four people with dementia and sixty-four people without dementia were interviewed using standardized questionnaires: The Participation in ACTivities and Places OUTside Home Questionnaire and Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire. A mixed methods approach integrated statistical analyses and content analysis of free-text responses, through data visualizations. Small, statistically significant associations were found between social participation and Everyday Technology use outside home, for participants with dementia (Rs = 0.247; p = 0.049) and without dementia (Rs = 0.343; p = 0.006). A small, statistically significant association was identified between social participation and social deprivation in the living environment, among only participants with dementia (Rs = 0.267, p = 0.033). The content analysis and graphical joint display revealed motivators, considerations that require extra attention, and strategies for managing social participation. The results underline how Everyday Technology use can be assistive to social participation but also the need to consider social deprivation of the living environment, especially among people with dementia.
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- Sophie N. Gaber
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden; (S.N.G.); (A.B.); (A.K.); (S.W.); (C.M.)
- Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden; (S.N.G.); (A.B.); (A.K.); (S.W.); (C.M.)
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden; (S.N.G.); (A.B.); (A.K.); (S.W.); (C.M.)
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden; (S.N.G.); (A.B.); (A.K.); (S.W.); (C.M.)
- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK;
- Research and Development Department, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Maggie Lilley Suite, Goodmayes Hospital, Essex IG3 8XJ, UK
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden; (S.N.G.); (A.B.); (A.K.); (S.W.); (C.M.)
- Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 14183 Huddinge, Sweden; (S.N.G.); (A.B.); (A.K.); (S.W.); (C.M.)
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Gaber SN, Nygård L, Kottorp A, Charlesworth G, Wallcook S, Malinowsky C. Perceived risks, concession travel pass access and everyday technology use for out-of-home participation: cross-sectional interviews among older people in the UK. BMC Geriatr 2020; 20:192. [PMID: 32503429 PMCID: PMC7275447 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-01565-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background The health-promoting qualities of participation as an opportunity for social and cognitive engagement are well known. Use of Everyday Technology such as Smartphones or ATMs, as enabling or disabling factors for out-of-home participation is however under-researched, particularly among older people with and without dementia. Out-of-home participation involves participation in places and activities outside of a person’s home, in public space. Situated within the context of an increasingly technological society, the study investigated factors such as perceived risks, access to a concession travel pass and use of Everyday Technologies, and their relationship with out-of-home participation, among older people in the UK. Methods One hundred twenty-eight older people with and without dementia in urban and rural environments in the UK, were interviewed using the Participation in ACTivities and Places OUTside Home (ACT-OUT) Questionnaire and the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ). Associations between Everyday Technology use, perceived risk of falling, functional impairment, access to a concession travel pass and out-of-home participation were investigated using ordinal regression. Results A higher probability of Everyday Technology use (Odds Ratio [OR] = 1.492; 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.041–1.127), perceived risk of falling outside home (OR = 2.499; 95% CI = 1.235–5.053) and, access to a concession travel pass (OR = 3.943; 95% CI = 1.970–7.893) were associated with a higher level of out-of-home participation. However, other types of risk (getting lost; feeling stressed or embarrassed) were not associated with out-of-home participation. Having a functional impairment was associated with a low probability of a higher level of out-of-home participation (OR = .470; 95% CI = .181–1.223). Across the sample, ‘outside home’ Everyday Technologies were used to a higher degree than ‘portable’ Everyday Technologies which can be used both in and outside home. Conclusions The study provides insights into perceived risks, access to a concession travel pass and use of Everyday Technologies, and their relationship with out-of-home participation, among older people in the UK. Increased knowledge about factors associated with out-of-home participation may help to guide targeted health and social care planning.
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- Sophie Nadia Gaber
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden. .,Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.,Research and Development, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Ilford, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden
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Malinowsky C, Nygård L, Pantzar M, Kottorp A. Test-retest reliability of the short version of the everyday technology use questionnaire (S-ETUQ). Scand J Occup Ther 2020; 27:567-576. [PMID: 32242449 DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2020.1744715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Background: Everyday technologies (ET) such as smart phones, and internet banking are increasingly incorporated into daily activities. Therefore, valid assessments are needed to identify ability in ET use and to design and evaluate interventions.Aims: To evaluate and compare the stability over time (test-retest reliability) of measures generated with the short version of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (S-ETUQ) in older adults with cognitive impairment or mild dementia.Materials and Methods: Data was collected with S-ETUQ at two occasions (m = 20.9 days in between) in a sample of (n = 73) older adults with cognitive impairment of different origin (n = 38) or mild dementia (n = 35). Stability of each participant's S-ETUQ measure was examined using standardised difference z-comparisons. The test-retest reliability coefficient of the S-ETUQ measures was determined by Intraclass Correlation Coefficients. Comparisons were performed using Mann-Whitney u-tests.Results: The S-ETUQ measures were statistically stable between the two occasions. Hence, the group of persons with cognitive impairment demonstrated slightly higher stability and fewer differences compared to the group with mild dementia. The ICCs (0.82-0.90) indicated good to excellent agreement.Conclusions: S- ETUQ can be used with older people with cognitive impairments of varying degree to gather reliable and precise information regarding their use of ET.
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- Camilla Malinowsky
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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Köttl H, Fallahpour M, Hedman A, Nygård L, Kottorp A. Depression, everyday technology use and life satisfaction in older adults with cognitive impairments: a cross-sectional exploratory study. Scand J Caring Sci 2020; 35:233-243. [PMID: 32200561 DOI: 10.1111/scs.12838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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RATIONAL Life satisfaction is strongly associated with participation in everyday life activities. Yet, older adults with cognitive impairments have been found to experience difficulties in accessing and engaging in more complex everyday activities, especially, if these involve everyday technology. Considering the rapidly advancing technological landscape, this may substantially affect individuals' life satisfaction and their participation in meaningful community-based and home-based activities. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the associations between life satisfaction, ability to use everyday technology and number of relevant everyday technologies used in older adults (n = 117) with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). It also aimed to understand the role of depression, activity involvement and diagnosis regarding life satisfaction in this sample. METHOD Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U tests and t-tests were applied to compare those satisfied and those dissatisfied with life regarding ability to use everyday technology and number of relevant everyday technologies used. FINDINGS The number of relevant community-based everyday technologies currently not used was significantly associated with being dissatisfied with life (p < 0.05). Further, depression and withdrawal from activities and interests significantly differed across life satisfaction groups, while no group differences were found regarding overall number of everyday technologies in use and ability to use everyday technology. CONCLUSION Attention from healthcare professionals and researchers to early withdrawal from activities that rely on community-based everyday technologies is called for, especially in older adults with depression. Preventing everyday technology-related barriers in community life may increase life satisfaction.
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- Hanna Köttl
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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Wallcook S, Malinowsky C, Nygård L, Charlesworth G, Lee J, Walsh R, Gaber S, Kottorp A. The perceived challenge of everyday technologies in Sweden, the United States and England: Exploring differential item functioning in the everyday technology use questionnaire. Scand J Occup Ther 2020; 27:554-566. [PMID: 32150507 DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2020.1723685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Background: The changing technological environment is reflected in regular updates made to the everyday technology (ET) use questionnaire (ETUQ). Newly added ETs may not present comparable challenges across countries and diagnoses.Aims: To identify whether country context, or dementia diagnosis, impact ETs' challenge level.Material and methods: 315 older adults from three countries were included; Sweden (n = 73), United States (n = 114), England (n = 128), and had a confirmed diagnosis of mild dementia (n = 99) or no known cognitive impairment (n = 216). Differential Items Functioning (DIF) analysis was performed on 88 ETs included in the ETUQ by country and diagnosis. The impact of DIF was evaluated in a Differential Test Functioning (DTF) analysis.Results: Nine items (10.2%) in the ETUQ showed statistically significant DIF between countries; five of which were public space ETs and none of which were information and communication technologies (ICTs). Three ICT items, and no others, showed significant DIF by diagnosis. The items' DIF was shown to have no impact upon person measures of ability to use ET in the DTF.Conclusions and significance: The utility of the ETUQ in occupational therapy practice and research internationally is highlighted through the stability of the challenge hierarchy and lack of impact on person measures.
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- Sarah Wallcook
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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Swärdh E, Opava CH, Nygård L, Lindquist I. Understanding exercise promotion in rheumatic diseases: A qualitative study among physical therapists. Physiother Theory Pract 2019; 37:963-972. [PMID: 31566465 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2019.1672226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background: Physical therapists have unique expertise in planning, prescribing, and supporting exercise for patients with rheumatic diseases. Promoting exercise can be a challenge, but descriptions of physical therapists' experiences within the field of rheumatology are limited.Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe ways of understanding exercise promotion among physical therapists working in rheumatology.Design and Method: A phenomenographic approach was used to analyze semi-structured interviews with 25 physical therapists working primarily within the field of rheumatology from eight different physical therapy departments at hospitals across Sweden.Results: Four ways of understanding exercise promotion were identified. These were named: exercise promotion as information and monitoring of the behavior, as facilitation of skills building, as co-creation of awareness, and as the development of independence and self-reflection.Conclusion: Physical therapists in rheumatology understand exercise promotion in various ways that differ with respect to comprehensiveness and patient-centeredness. The physical therapists' use of behavior change techniques serves different purposes in exercise promotion, varying from external control to self-management. The present results might thus be used to develop awareness, knowledge, and skills for more deliberate exercise promotion among physical therapists working with patients having rheumatic diseases.
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- Emma Swärdh
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Functional Area Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, Allied Health Professionals' Function, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Rheumatology Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Wallcook S, Nygård L, Kottorp A, Malinowsky C. The use of everyday information communication technologies in the lives of older adults living with and without dementia in Sweden. Assist Technol 2019; 33:333-340. [PMID: 31343958 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2019.1644685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background: Increasingly services and interventions involve everyday information communication technologies (EICTs) in provision, however, use of EICTs among people with dementia is little known. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relevance, use, and ability to use EICTs between a group of older adults with dementia and a comparison group with no known cognitive impairment. Method: Interviews with 35 people with dementia, 34 comparison participants using the standardized Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire. Variables were compared using descriptive statistics, t-tests and correlation analyses. Results: Median 7 EICTs (maximum 31) were relevant to the group with dementia; significantly less than the comparison group's 11 (p< .05, d= 0.64). The difference in use appeared more pronounced (group with dementia 5, comparison group 10.5; p< .001, d= 0.93). Large, significant relationships were evident between ability to use technology, and relevant or used EICTs in the group with dementia. No such relationships in the comparison group. Conclusion: Differences in the amounts of EICTs relevant and used among people with and without dementia are further reflected in the dementia group's ability to use technology. Accommodating the demands that EICTs place on users and harnessing the dominant EICT relevancies and abilities of people with dementia better contributes towards an inclusive, dementia-friendly society.
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- Sarah Wallcook
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden.,Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University , Malmö , Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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Margot-Cattin I, Kuhne N, Kottorp A, Cutchin M, Öhman A, Nygård L. Development of a Questionnaire to Evaluate Out-of-Home Participation for People With Dementia. Am J Occup Ther 2019; 73:7301205030p1-7301205030p10. [PMID: 30839258 DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2019.027144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We describe the development of a questionnaire, Participation in Activities and Places Outside Home (ACT-OUT), for older adults with cognitive impairment and align it to people with mild- to moderate-stage dementia. METHOD ACT-OUT was developed in a cross-cultural collaboration in combination with three rounds of cognitive interviews in Switzerland with 26 older adults without cognitive impairment and five older adults with dementia. Qualitative data from the interviews were analyzed using a constant comparison approach. RESULTS The final ACT-OUT Version 1.0 consists of three parts: (1) questions targeting places older adults visit; (2) questions on aspects influencing participation, such as transportation, familiarity, and risk perception; and (3) questions on perception of self. CONCLUSION The development of an instrument such as ACT-OUT is more a cyclical than a linear process. This study is a first step toward a more systematic evaluation of out-of-home participation among older adults with and without dementia.
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- Isabel Margot-Cattin
- Isabel Margot-Cattin, MSc-OT, is Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Social Work and Health-Haute École de Travail Social et de la Santé (EESP), University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Lausanne, and PhD Candidate, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society Institutionen för Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhålle (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Nicolas Kuhne, PhD, is Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Social Work and Health-EESP, HES-SO, Lausanne
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- Anders Kottorp, PhD, is Dean and Professor, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Malcolm Cutchin, PhD, is Dean and Professor, Department of Health Care Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Annika Öhman, PhD, is Senior Lecturer, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Louise Nygård, PhD, is Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gaber SN, Nygård L, Brorsson A, Kottorp A, Malinowsky C. Everyday technologies and public space participation among people with and without dementia. Can J Occup Ther 2019; 86:400-411. [PMID: 31142140 DOI: 10.1177/0008417419837764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND. Occupational therapists support everyday technology use; however, it is necessary to consider the challenges that people with dementia encounter with everyday technologies when participating in various places within public space. PURPOSE. The purpose of the study was to explore stability and change in participation in places visited within public space in relation to the relevance of everyday technologies used within public space. METHOD. People with dementia (n = 35) and people with no known cognitive impairment (n = 34) were interviewed using the Participation in Activities and Places Outside Home Questionnaire and the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire. Data analysis used modern and classical test theory. FINDINGS. Both samples participated in places within public space; however, participation and relevance of everyday technologies were significantly lower for the dementia group. IMPLICATIONS. To enable participation, occupational therapists need to be aware of challenges that technologies and places within public space present to people with dementia.
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Background There is a need to empirically explore the occupational engagement of people with disabilities to support the development of occupational therapy interventions. Purpose This study describes how people with disabilities experience their occupational lives in their home environment. Method Thirteen people with physical disabilities living at home were interviewed and data were subsequently analysed using a constant comparative method. Results The findings showed that interactions between the individuals and their environment influenced their experiences of engaging in occupations and the meaning of their home. Occupations formed three categories: always performed with others, occasionally disrupted or deprived. These were particularly related to the social support that was provided under different conditions. This condition formed a central category: access to social support for occupations. Their experiences of performing occupations in the home also formed another central category: transformed meaning of the home. Practice Implications By understanding enabling conditions as well as barriers to occupational engagement, effective occupational therapy interventions can be developed to support the occupational lives of people with disabilities.
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- Maria Larsson Lund
- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden and the Division for Occupational
Therapy, and Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology,
Hedenbrovägen, S- 961 36 Boden, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of
Neurotec, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Persson G, Pøhl M, Nygård L, De Blanck S, Scherman J, Langer S, Larsen KR, Clementsen P, Specht L, Fischer B, Aznar M, Josipovic M. PO-0773 CBCT is not valid for response evaluation after chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced NSCLC. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)31193-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jakobsson E, Nygård L, Kottorp A, Malinowsky C. Experiences from using eHealth in contact with health care among older adults with cognitive impairment. Scand J Caring Sci 2019; 33:380-389. [PMID: 30628736 DOI: 10.1111/scs.12634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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RATIONALE Since health care is facing challenges, with fewer caregivers providing care to more clients, eHealth plays a crucial role. Through eHealth, people are expected to be more involved in their own care. On the part of health care users, eHealth requires use of everyday technology such as telephones and computers, and services through the Internet which might be challenging for older adults with cognitive impairment. AIM To investigate experiences of using eHealth in contact with health care among older adults with cognitive impairment. METHOD Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine participants, aged 65-84 years, with cognitive impairments of varying origins. A constructivist Grounded Theory approach was used. Data collection and analysis were performed simultaneously using a constant comparative method. ETHICAL ISSUES Ethical approval (Dnr: 2014/906-32) was obtained from the regional ethical committee, Stockholm. RESULTS The core category, the eHealth staircase supported by habits, is presented as a model that visualises the result. The model includes three steps showing different ways of being in contact with health care through the use of technological devices and services that mirrors different levels of complexity of eHealth use as follows: (i) Analogue use, (ii) One-way-use and (iii) Interactive use. The participants' location on the eHealth staircase was affected by several aspects described in three categories united by habits; A stable relationship with technology: a prerequisite for use; The importance of interpersonal relationships within health care and Being supported by significant others: a prerequisite in contact with health care. CONCLUSIONS Older adults with cognitive impairments seemed to prefer common and less complex eHealth when contacting health care. Therefore, it is necessary that health care providers offer different possibilities for patients to contact them, that is, both through the Internet and by personal telephone service.
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- Elin Jakobsson
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Brorsson A, Öhman A, Lundberg S, Cutchin MP, Nygård L. How accessible are grocery shops for people with dementia? A qualitative study using photo documentation and focus group interviews. Dementia (London) 2018; 19:1872-1888. [PMID: 30376731 DOI: 10.1177/1471301218808591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND People with dementia who live in ordinary housing need to perform activities outside the home such as visiting friends, talking walks and doing grocery shopping. This article identifies and examines characteristics that may influence accessibility in the space of a grocery shop as perceived by people with dementia. METHODS This is a qualitative study with a grounded theory approach. The data collection was done with two different methods. It started with photo documentation and continued with focus group interviews in combination with photo elicitation. Data from both photo documentation and focus groups were analysed according to a grounded theory approach. RESULTS The categories "illogical arrangement", "overload of products, information and people", "visual illusions" and "intrusive auditory stimuli" showed characteristics in the grocery shop that influenced how accessible and usable the informants experienced a shop to be. Furthermore, personal capacities in relation to the specific characteristics of the grocery shop space had an influence on how accessible and usable the informants experienced the grocery shop to be. Capacities to find, stay focused and concentrated, meet stress, remember, interpret and discriminate sensory impressions through hearing and sight came to the fore as important. CONCLUSIONS Characteristics of both the shop and the person need to be taken into account when supporting people with dementia in grocery shopping.
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Josipovic M, Aznar M, Rydhög J, Thomsen J, Damkjaer S, Nygård L, Pøhl M, Langer S, Specht L, Persson G. MA05.06 Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Radiotherapy in Deep Inspiration Breath Hold: Dosimetric Benefits from a Prospective Trial. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hedman A, Kottorp A, Almkvist O, Nygård L. Challenge levels of everyday technologies as perceived over five years by older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Int Psychogeriatr 2018; 30:1447-1454. [PMID: 29615145 PMCID: PMC6317289 DOI: 10.1017/s1041610218000285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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ABSTRACTBackground:In clinical practice, efficient and valid functional markers are needed to detect subtle cognitive and functional decline in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This prospective study explored whether changes in perceived challenge of certain everyday technologies (ETs) can be used to detect signs of functional change in MCI. METHODS Baseline and five-year data from 37 older adults (mean age 67.5 years) with MCI regarding their perceived ability to use ET were used to generate Rasch-based ET item measures reflecting the relative challenge of 46 ETs. Actual differential item functioning in relation to time was analyzed based on these item measures. Data collection took place in 2008-2014. RESULTS Seven (15%) of the ETs included were perceived to be significantly more challenging to use at year five compared to at baseline, while 39 ETs (85%) were perceived to be equally challenging to use, despite the fact that the participants' perceived ability to use ET had decreased. Common characteristics among the ETs that became more challenging to use could not be identified. The dropout rate was 43%, which limits the power of the study. CONCLUSIONS Changes in the perceived challenge of ETs seem to capture functional change in persons with cognitive decline. Both easier and more challenging ETs typically used at home and in society need to be addressed to capture this functional change because significant changes occurred among ETs of all challenge levels and within all types of ETs.
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- Annicka Hedman
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Patomella AH, Lovarini M, Lindqvist E, Kottorp A, Nygård L. Technology use to improve everyday occupations in older persons with mild dementia or mild cognitive impairment: A scoping review. Br J Occup Ther 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/0308022618771533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Affiliated PhD, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Head of Nestor Research and Development Centre, Stockholm County, Handen, Sweden
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- Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA; Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lindqvist E, PerssonVasiliou A, Hwang AS, Mihailidis A, Astelle A, Sixsmith A, Nygård L. The contrasting role of technology as both supportive and hindering in the everyday lives of people with mild cognitive deficits: a focus group study. BMC Geriatr 2018; 18:185. [PMID: 30119653 PMCID: PMC6098644 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-018-0879-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It is well known that people with mild cognitive deficits face challenges when performing complex everyday activities, and that the use of technology has become increasingly interwoven with everyday activities. However, less is known of how technology might be involved, either as a support or hindrance, in different areas of everyday life and of the environments where challenges appear. The aim of this study was to investigate the areas of concern where persons with cognitive deficits meet challenges in everyday life, in what environments these challenges appear and how technology might be involved as part of the challenge and/or the solution to the challenge. METHODS Data were gathered through four focus group interviews with participants that live with cognitive deficits or cohabit with a person with cognitive deficits, plus health professionals and researchers in the field. Data were transcribed, coded and categorized, and finally synthesized to trace out the involvement of technology. RESULTS Five areas of concern in everyday life were identified as offering challenges to persons with cognitive deficits: A) Managing personal finances, B) Getting around, C) Meeting family and friends, D) Engaging with culture and media and, E) Doing everyday chores. Findings showed that the involvement of technology in everyday activities was often contrastive. It could be hindering and evoke stress, or it could bring about feelings of control; that is, being a part of the solution. The involvement of technology was especially obvious in challenges linked to Managing personal finances, which is a crucial necessity in many everyday activities. In contrast, technology was least obviously involved in the area Socializing with family and friends. CONCLUSIONS The findings imply that technology used for orientation and managing finances, often used outside home, would benefit from being further developed in order to be more supportive; i.e. accessible and usable. To make a positive change for many people, the ideas of inclusive design fit well for this purpose and would contribute to an age-friendly society.
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- Eva Lindqvist
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
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- University of Toronto and Toronto Rehab Institute-UHN, Toronto, Canada
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- University of Toronto and Toronto Rehab Institute-UHN, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
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Hwang AS, Rosenberg L, Kontos P, Cameron JI, Mihailidis A, Nygård L. Sustaining care for a parent with dementia: an indefinite and intertwined process. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2018; 12:1389578. [PMID: 29050539 PMCID: PMC5654011 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2017.1389578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This study aimed to understand how adult children sustain caring for persons with dementia (PwDs) within their family and formal care contexts in Canada. Half-day focus groups were conducted with adult daughters and adult sons in Toronto, Canada. Using constructivist grounded theory, we examined both substantive concepts and group dynamics. Sustaining care was interpreted as an indefinite process with three intertwined themes: reproducing care demands and dependency, enacting and affirming values, and “flying blind” in how and how long to sustain caring (i.e., responding to immediate needs with limited foresight). Family values and relationships, mistrust toward the institutional and home care systems, and obscured care foresight influenced care decisions and challenged participants in balancing their parents’ needs with their own. Positive and negative aspects of care were found to influence one another. The implications of these findings for research and policy are discussed.
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- Amy S Hwang
- a Rehabilitation Sciences Institute , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.,b Toronto Rehabilitation Institute , University Health Network , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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- c Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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- b Toronto Rehabilitation Institute , University Health Network , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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- a Rehabilitation Sciences Institute , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.,b Toronto Rehabilitation Institute , University Health Network , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.,d Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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- a Rehabilitation Sciences Institute , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.,b Toronto Rehabilitation Institute , University Health Network , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.,d Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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- c Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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- Charlotta Ryd
- Registered occupational therapist/PhD, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Assistant professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Senior lecturer, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Social and Welfare studies, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Professor/Dean, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kottorp A, Malinowsky C, Larsson-Lund M, Nygård L. Gender and diagnostic impact on everyday technology use: a differential item functioning (DIF) analysis of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ). Disabil Rehabil 2018; 41:2688-2694. [DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1472816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Anders Kottorp
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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OBJECTIVES The aims were to describe longitudinal patterns in terms of perceived ability to use everyday technology (ET) and involvement in everyday activities over five years in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and to examine the predictive value of these patterns regarding diagnostic outcomes. METHOD Thirty older adults diagnosed with MCI at inclusion, reported their perceived ability in using ET and involvement in everyday activities on seven occasions over five years. Individual longitudinal case plots and a pattern-oriented analysis were used to compare the participants' distribution in earlier identified stable/ascending, fluctuating and descending patterns of functioning (year 0-2). Fisher's exact test was used for testing the relation between pattern and diagnostic outcomes. RESULTS An initial descending pattern of functioning tended to continue; none of these participants later developed a more stable pattern. More congruent trajectories of change appeared over time. Pattern affinity years 0-2 and diagnostic outcome were significantly related (p = .05), with a dementia diagnosis being more likely for those initially displaying an early descending pattern Conclusion: These findings point to a need for early support focusing on the use of ET for persons with MCI who early after diagnosis descend in functioning.
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- Annicka Hedman
- a Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology , Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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- a Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology , Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden.,b Department of Occupational Therapy , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL , United States
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- a Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology , Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden
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OBJECTIVES Most research on learning in the field of dementia has studied teaching approaches, while little is known about learning as experienced and enacted by the people with dementia. The aim was to explore the lived experience of learning and maintaining knowledge related to technology among people with mild to moderate stage dementia. METHOD Seven persons with dementia were interviewed in-depth, and data were analyzed with a phenomenological approach. RESULTS The participants positioned themselves on a continuum from 'Updating and expanding is not for me' to 'Updating and expanding is really for me'. They used different ways of learning in their everyday life - relying on one's habituated repertoire of actions, on other people or on technology itself, or belonging to a learning context. CONCLUSIONS We have much to gain from better understanding of how people with dementia strive to learn and maintain their skills and knowledge related to technology. This is particularly important as they seem to use other approaches than those employed in current teaching methods. The necessity of learning stands out particularly when it comes to the interaction with the current multitude and ever-changing designs of technologies, including assistive technologies developed specifically to support people with dementia.
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- Lena Rosenberg
- a Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Caring Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Caring Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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Hedman A, Nygård L, Kottorp A. Everyday Technology Use Related to Activity Involvement Among People in Cognitive Decline. Am J Occup Ther 2017; 71:7105190040p1-7105190040p8. [PMID: 28809657 DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2017.027003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We investigated how everyday technology use related to activity involvement over 5 yr in people with mild cognitive impairment. METHOD Thirty-seven older adults with mild cognitive impairment were evaluated regarding everyday technology use and involvement in activities over time. Information on diagnostic changes was collected from medical files. Linear mixed-effects models were used in data analysis. RESULTS Ability to use everyday technology showed a significant effect on activity involvement (p = .007) beyond the effects of time, diagnostic change, and age. Decreases in number of everyday technologies used (p < .001) and share of accessible and relevant everyday technologies used (p = .04) were associated with decreasing activity involvement. However, these two aspects did not reinforce each other. CONCLUSION When monitoring activity involvement in clients with cognitive decline, health care professionals should take into account clients' ability to use everyday technologies and the amount of everyday technologies they use.
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- Annicka Hedman
- Annicka Hedman, PhD, OT Reg, is Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden;
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- Louise Nygård, PhD, OT Reg, is Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Anders Kottorp, PhD, OT Reg, is Associate Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, and Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Kenigsberg PA, Aquino JP, Bérard A, Brémond F, Charras K, Dening T, Droës RM, Gzil F, Hicks B, Innes A, Nguyen SM, Nygård L, Pino M, Sacco G, Salmon E, van der Roest H, Villet H, Villez M, Robert P, Manera V. Assistive Technologies to Address Capabilities of People with Dementia: From Research to Practice. Dementia (London) 2017; 18:1568-1595. [PMID: 28699364 DOI: 10.1177/1471301217714093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Assistive technologies became pervasive and virtually present in all our life domains. They can be either an enabler or an obstacle leading to social exclusion. The Fondation Médéric Alzheimer gathered international experts of dementia care, with backgrounds in biomedical, human and social sciences, to analyze how assistive technologies can address the capabilities of people with dementia, on the basis of their needs. Discussion covered the unmet needs of people with dementia, the domains of daily life activities where assistive technologies can provide help to people with dementia, the enabling and empowering impact of technology to improve their safety and wellbeing, barriers and limits of use, technology assessment, ethical and legal issues. The capability approach (possible freedom) appears particularly relevant in person-centered dementia care and technology development. The focus is not on the solution, rather on what the person can do with it: seeing dementia as disability, with technology as an enabler to promote capabilities of the person, provides a useful framework for both research and practice. This article summarizes how these concepts took momentum in professional practice and public policies in the past 15 years (2000-2015), discusses current issues in the design, development and economic model of assistive technologies for people with dementia, and covers how these technologies are being used and assessed.
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- Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Bournemouth University Dementia Institute, UK
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- Salford Institute for Dementia University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom
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- Lab-STICC, Institut Mines-Télécom Bretagne, Brest, France
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratoire Lusage, Hôpital Broca, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France
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- Centre Mémoire de Ressources et de Recherche, CHU de Nice; Université Côte-d'Azur, CoBTeK, Nice, France
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- Department of Neurology, Liège University Hospital, Belgium
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- Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdaù Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire LIRTES, Université Paris-Est-Val de Marne, Créteil, France
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- Université Côte-d'Azur, CoBTeK, & Innovation Alzheimer Association, Nice, France
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- Université Côte-d'Azur, INRIA STARS & CoBTeK, Nice, France
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Kottorp A, Fallahpour M, Malinowsky C, Lund ML, Nygård L. Skill Clusters in Ability to Manage Everyday Technology Among Older People With and Without Cognitive Impairments. Am J Occup Ther 2017. [DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2017.71s1-rp203d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Date Presented 3/31/2017
New empirical knowledge defines four distinct skill profiles among older people with and without cognitive limitations when using everyday technology, which supports targeted occupational therapy interventions to promote technology use in home and society that goes beyond a specific diagnosis.
Primary Author and Speaker: Anders Kottorp
Contributing Authors: Mandana Fallahpour, Camilla Malinowsky, Maria Larsson Lund, Louise Nygård
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Häggblom-Kronlöf G, Thordardottir B, Nygård L, Helle T, Sveen U. Editorial. Scand J Occup Ther 2017; 24:233-234. [PMID: 28573930 DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2017.1333672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Malinowsky C, Nygård L, Tanemura R, Nagao T, Noda K, Nakata O, Sagara J, Rosenberg L, Asaba E, Kottorp A. Everyday technology use among older adults in Sweden and Japan: A comparative study. Scand J Occup Ther 2017; 25:446-456. [DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2017.1321684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Camilla Malinowsky
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Product Design, Kobe Design University, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Unit for Research, Education, and Development, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Occupational Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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BACKGROUND Technology use is relevant for engaging in everyday occupations and aging in place and difficulties might limit participation. AIM The aim of the present study was two-fold: to investigate the internal scale validity of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) in a matched Portuguese and a Swedish sample of older adults without known cognitive impairments and to compare everyday technology use (i.e., the relevance of Everyday Technology (ET) and perceived difficulty of using ET). METHODS The Rasch rating scale model was used to investigate the psychometric properties of the data from the two countries. Analyses were then used to compare the samples. RESULTS There is evidence of internal scale and person response validity in the Swedish and Portuguese ETUQ datasets. The Swedish sample demonstrated almost 25% more ETs to be relevant, as compared to the Portuguese sample (p < .05). The samples' means of perceived difficulty in using ETs were similar. CONCLUSIONS The results support that the ETUQ is a valid assessment for measuring the relevance of and perceived difficulty of ET use and is able to detect differences and similarities between older adults in these European countries in relation to ET use in the home and society.
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- Ann-Helen Patomella
- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.,b College of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL , US
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- c Occupational Therapy Department , Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão (Health High School of Alcoitão) , Alcabideche , Portugal
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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Malinowsky C, Fallahpour M, Lund ML, Nygård L, Kottorp A. Skill clusters of ability to manage everyday technology among people with and without cognitive impairment, dementia and acquired brain injury. Scand J Occup Ther 2017; 25:99-107. [PMID: 28276961 DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2017.1298665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND In order to develop supporting interventions for people demonstrating problems ET use, a detailed level of description of strengths and deficits is needed. AIMS To explore clusters of specific performance skill required when using ET, and to evaluate if and in what way such clusters are associated with age, gender, diagnosis, and types of ETs managed. MATERIALS AND METHODS A secondary analysis of 661 data records from 203 heterogeneous samples of participants using the Management of Everyday Technology Assessment (META) was used. Ward's method and a hierarchical tree cluster analysis were used to determine and define the skill clusters. RESULTS Four distinct clusters of performance skill item profiles were found, across the 661 data records. These were then, based on each individuals' cluster profiles in managing ET, categorized into two groups. The two groups were associated with, diagnosis and type of ETs managed. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE The findings support a more dyadic person-ET approach in evaluation of ET management. The information from the skill clusters can be used to develop targeted intervention guides for occupational therapy and healthcare.
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- Camilla Malinowsky
- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.,b Department of Health Sciences , Luleå University of Technology , Luleå , Sweden
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- b Department of Health Sciences , Luleå University of Technology , Luleå , Sweden
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.,c Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences , University of Illinois , Chicago , IL , USA
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Hedman A, Nygård L, Malinowsky C, Almkvist O, Kottorp A. Changing Everyday Activities and Technology Use in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.08.282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nygård L, Borell L. A Life-World of Altering Meaning: Expressions of the Illness Experience of Dementia in Everyday Life over 3 Years. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/153944929801800203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to describe the illness experiences of two participants with dementia, as expressed in their everyday lives during 3 years of disease progression. Data were collected at intervals by participant observations and conversational interviews and analyzed via a phenomenological and interpretive method. The findings describe an illness experience characterized by an altering meaning of the concretely present life-world for the participants. This was exhibited by an increasingly existential meaning of the objects and tasks of everyday life, while the perception of the life-world as taken for granted seemed to gradually decrease. Furthermore, participants experienced being threatened by a lack of order and control and uniquely responded to these experiences. Living with the changes and the threat seemed to imply insecurity and doubtful hope, diminishing social contacts, and increasing dependency, but the meaning of the consequences differed between participants. On the basis of the presented structure of the phenomena, a possible way of understanding the illness experience and its meaning in progressively dementing diseases in the occupations of everyday life was exemplified and suggested from a phenomenological point of view.
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Brorsson A, Öhman A, Lundberg S, Nygård L. Being a pedestrian with dementia: A qualitative study using photo documentation and focus group interviews. Dementia 2016; 15:1124-40. [DOI: 10.1177/1471301214555406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim of the study was to identify problematic situations in using zebra crossings. They were identified from photo documentations comprising film sequences and the perspectives of people with dementia. The aim was also to identify how they would understand, interpret and act in these problematic situations based on their previous experiences and linked to the film sequences. A qualitative grounded theory approach was used. Film sequences from five zebra crossings were analysed. The same film sequences were used as triggers in two focus group interviews with persons with dementia. Individual interviews with three informants were also performed. The core category, the hazard of meeting unfolding problematic traffic situations when only one layer at a time can be kept in focus, showed how a problematic situation as a whole consisted of different layers of problematic situations. The first category, adding layers of problematic traffic situations to each other, was characterized by the informants’ creation of a problematic situation as a whole. The different layers were described in the subcategories of layout of streets and zebra crossings, weather conditions, vehicles and crowding of pedestrians. The second category, actions used to meet different layers of problematic traffic situations, was characterized by avoiding problematic situations, using traffic lights as reminders and security precautions, following the flow at the zebra crossing and being cautious pedestrians. In conclusion, as community-dwelling people with dementia commonly are pedestrians, it is important that health care professionals and caregivers take their experiences and management of problematic traffic situations into account when providing support.
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- Anna Brorsson
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Division of Health, Activity and Care and National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL), Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Sweden
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- School of Technology and Health, The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Introduction Everyday technologies such as mobile phones and ticket vending machines have become increasingly indispensable, profoundly influencing daily life activities. Yet this has been given little attention in occupational therapy. The aim of this study was to explore occupational therapists’ views on everyday technologies’ relevance, meaning and potential applicability in practice. Method Focus groups were undertaken with 42 occupational therapists who had been introduced to an assessment of people’s ability to use everyday technologies. Data comprised eight focus groups and were analysed with a constant comparative approach. Findings The findings show how the participants’ fields of vision expanded when they discovered new ways of using information related to their clients’ everyday technology use, and new roles as therapists that would help make occupational therapy ‘modern’, that is, more timely and up-to-date. However, this also implied a risk of receiving information that was considered potentially unethical if the detected problems could not be dealt with. Conclusion Attending to clients as everyday technology users could give occupational therapists new expert roles, and allow clients to be seen as more complete persons. However, as this opportunity also involves priority conflicts and ethical dilemmas, the issue can inspire critical discussion about client-centred occupational therapy.
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- Louise Nygård
- Professor of Occupational Therapy, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Assistant Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nygård L, Öhman A. Managing Changes in Everyday Occupations: The Experience of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/153944920202200204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to uncover how people with dementia respond to the problems and changes they experience in everyday occupations. Seven participants with dementia were included. Data were collected by means of repeated interviews and observations that focused on the person's experiences of competence and management in everyday occupations. The analysis was carried out from within a phenomenological perspective and resulted in a structure describing management strategies. It was concluded that the participants used a wide variety of strategies. Some strategies were directed toward managing the altered conditions caused by the disease while others served the purpose of responding to the occupational problems of everyday life. The latter strategies were of three types based mainly on environment, habituation, and cognition. Overall, the implicit and explicit cognitive awareness underpinning many strategies seems to call for great caution when assuming that people with dementia soon lose their awareness of disability.
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Öhman A, Nygård L. Meanings and Motives for Engagement in Self-Chosen Daily Life Occupations among Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/153944920502500302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim of this study was to uncover and describe the meanings and motives for engagement in self-chosen daily life occupations for elderly individuals with Alzheimer's disease dwelling in the community. Six participants with Alzheimer's disease were included. Data were collected through repeated interviews and observations focusing on their motives for their self-chosen occupational engagement and the significance of the daily occupations. The analysis used a qualitative comparative and interpretative method. The findings show that the participants' occupations supported their ordinary pattern of everyday life and provided them with an opportunity to be in a coherent context. The occupations also allowed them to experience and communicate autonomy and certain characteristics of their identity and provided them with a private sphere. The findings revealed certain crucial but double-edged environmental keys to occupation. By identifying and supporting everyday occupations with personal meaning and value, therapists and caregivers may contribute to the well-being of individuals with Alzheimer's disease living in their own homes.
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Lund ML, Nygård L. Incorporating or Resisting Assistive Devices: Different Approaches to Achieving a Desired Occupational Self-Image. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/153944920302300204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to enhance the understanding of how people with disabilities experience the meaning of their assistive devices in their occupations and how they act on their experiences. Seventeen participants were interviewed and data were analyzed using a qualitative approach. The participants' experiences showed that they reacted differently to the manifold and often contradictory meaning of assistive devices. The analysts organized the participants' reactions into three categories: pragmatic users, ambivalent users, and reluctant users. The differences between the participants were understood as representing different adaptive approaches to achieve desired occupational self-images. Thus, the assistive devices were not in themselves important, but were merely a means to achieve a desired self-image. The findings reflect that the participants' experiences of using assistive devices reveal meanings about their use that go beyond the traditional medical perspective that focuses on the role of assistive devices as compensation for physical impairment.
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Lindqvist E, Persson Vasiliou A, Gomersall T, Astelle A, Mihailidis A, Sixsmith A, Nygård L. Activities people with cognitive deficits want to continue mastering – A scoping study. Br J Occup Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0308022616636895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction To date, potential difficulties that people with cognitive deficits meet in everyday life are relatively well known, but in which activities mastery is desired, and why, is less researched. The aim of this study was to develop deeper knowledge about activities that people with cognitive deficits want to continue mastering in everyday life and the reasons why these activities were desired. Method In the frame of a scoping study, articles were gathered and charted. Sixteen qualitative studies were selected as meeting the aim of the study and analyzed with a descriptive-interpretative method. Findings The analysis of the studies showed that the desired activities conveyed social values or independence, supported significant roles, diminished negative influence on other people, and increased health and safety. Linkages, in the form of dependencies between the desired activities, were also identified. Conclusion When planning for interventions for facilitating everyday activities, for example with technology, it is beneficial to consider both safety and values that are more closely related to meaningfulness and wellbeing. Most difficult activities were identified as hindering outdoor activities, and targeting those activities might be most valuable for enabling active everyday lives for this group.
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- Eva Lindqvist
- Registered Occupational Therapist, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Professor of Health Services Research, University of Sheffield, UK, and Research Chair in Dementia, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Associate Professor, University of Toronto & Toronto Rehab Institute, Toronto, Canada
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- Professor of Gerontology, Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
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- Professor of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ryd C, Nygård L, Malinowsky C, Öhman A, Kottorp A. Can the everyday technology use questionnaire predict overall functional level among older adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild-stage alzheimer's disease? - a pilot study. Scand J Caring Sci 2016; 31:201-209. [DOI: 10.1111/scs.12330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Charlotta Ryd
- Division of Occupational Therapy; Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy; Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy; Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Health Activity and Care; National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL); Department of Social and Welfare studies; Linköping University; Norrköping Sweden
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- Division of Occupational Therapy; Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
- Department of Occupational Therapy; Zurich University of Applied Sciences; Winterthur Switzerland
- Department of Occupational Therapy; University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago IL USA
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Hedman A, Lindqvist E, Nygård L. How older adults with mild cognitive impairment relate to technology as part of present and future everyday life: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatr 2016; 16:73. [PMID: 27036538 PMCID: PMC4815058 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0245-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Existing everyday technology as well as potential future technology may offer both challenges and possibilities in the everyday occupations of persons with cognitive decline. To meet their wishes and needs, the perspective of the persons themselves is an important starting point in intervention planning involving technology. The aim of this study was to explore how persons with mild cognitive impairment relate to technology as a part of and as potential support in everyday life – both present and future. Methods Qualitative in-depth interviews with six participants aged 61–86 were conducted and analyzed, using a grounded theory approach. Results The findings describe the participants’ different ways of relating to existing and potential future technology in everyday occupations as a continuum of downsizing, retaining, and updating. Multiple conditions in different combinations affected both their actions taken and assumptions made towards technology in this continuum. Both when downsizing doing and technology use to achieve simplicity in everyday life and when striving for or struggling with updating, trade-offs between desired and adverse outcomes were made, challenging take-off runs were endured, and negotiations of the price worth paying took place. Conclusions Our findings suggest that persons with mild cognitive impairment may relate to technology in various ways to meet needs of downsized doing, but are reluctant to adopt video-based monitoring technology intended to support valued occupations. Feasibility testing of using already-incorporated everyday technologies such as smartphones and tablets as platforms for future technology support in everyday occupations is suggested.
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- Annicka Hedman
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Fack 23 200, SE-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden
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