Content analysis of a Participant-Directed Intervention to Optimize Activity Engagement of Older Adult Cancer Survivors

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• Alternative Title:
  OTJR (Thorofare N J)
• Personal Author:
  Lyons, Kathleen Doyle ; Newman, Robin ; Adachi-Mejia, Anna M. ; Whipple, Jessica ; Hegel, Mark T.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  Many older adult cancer survivors reduce their activity level during and after cancer treatment. Occupational therapy interventions need to flexibly address various obstacles to occupational engagement that survivors may face.
  
  Objective:
  
  To describe the content of a participant-directed occupational therapy intervention for older adults with cancer.
  
  Methodology:
  
  Content analysis was used to describe the treatment session data from the experimental arm of a pilot randomized controlled trial in terms of activities addressed, obstacles reported, and treatment strategies utilized.
  
  Results:
  
  Participants predominantly used the intervention to increase exercise engagement or address instrumental activities of daily living. The most common obstacles to occupational engagement included fatigue, finding time, weather, and pain. Regarding treatment strategies, 77% of participants chose to practice the activity with the occupational therapist, 42% requested a piece of equipment, and 11% modified the environment in order to increase activity engagement.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  Overall, the participant-directed intervention appears flexible enough to address various activities and obstacles to occupational engagement.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Activities Of Daily Living Aged Article Cancer Survivors Exercise Fatigue Female Humans Leisure Activities Male Neoplasms Occupational Therapy Quality Of Life

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• Source:
  OTJR (Thorofare N J). 38(1):38-45
• Pubmed ID:
  28929925
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9248922
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP005018/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:681a14fbd6daaf43a793d288f386dcf5078cfea98e54a945c579dee166724d7c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118716/cdc_118716_DS1.pdf
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