Article

Effects of Occupation-Based Home Visit Occupational Therapy on Neurobehavioral Problems, Activities of Daily Living, and Occupational Performance in People After a Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

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김아름(A-Reum Kim), 이재신(Jae-Shin Lee), 유두한(Doo-Han Yoo), 김희(Hee Kim)

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pp. 81~93 / 2022 Vol.30 No.1

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of occupation-based home-visit occupational therapy interventions on neurobehavioral problems, activities of daily living, and occupational performance using A-ONE. Methods: In this study, 14 people were recruited and randomly divided into 7 subjects for the experiment group and 7 subjects for the control group. The control group partook only in pre- and post-evaluations, and the experiment group participated in occupation-based home visit occupational therapy interventions twice a week, for a total of 8 sessions. Results: The experiment group subjected to occupational therapy intervention showed a significant decrease in disability in terms of emotional/affective disturbances of neurobehavioral pervasive impairment, other dysfunctions, and organization/sequencing of neurobehavioral specific impairment, and a decrease in functional independence. Significant improvements were also observed in the performance and satisfaction of occupational therapy. The control group without any intervention did not show any significant change. Conclusion: Changes in neurobehavioral problems, activities of daily living, and occupational performance were confirmed by conducting a occupation-based home visit occupational therapy intervention. Various interventions are recommended to be applied using this study as evidence for stroke patients living within the community.

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