Issues

AJOT remains committed to publishing rigorous, peer-reviewed research so that occupational therapy professionals can make informed, evidence-based decisions about best practices across a variety of contexts.

This Health Policy Perspectives column identifies three action steps to promote development for all children as new service delivery models are established for pediatric primary care.

This Health Policy Perspectives article provides occupational therapy educators, practitioners, and researchers with recommendations for how the profession can translate evidence into practice, ultimately leading to improved client outcomes and the provision of value-based care.

In this Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture, the author uses a person-centered measurement model that focuses on the person, versus the instrument, to demonstrate how person-centered measurement can be immediately used to identify the just-right challenge for the client.

In this Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture, the author uses a person-centered measurement model that focuses on the person, versus the instrument, to demonstrate how person-centered measurement can be immediately used to identify the just-right challenge for the client.

This Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecture examines the occupational therapy profession’s work with marginalized populations, particularly adults with mental illness who have experienced homelessness, and calls on practitioners to improve the lives of this population by providing services as well by joining primary care teams to identify the impact of multiple disorders on the daily life skills clients need to leave the shelter system and transition to and maintain supported housing.

This study, the first retrospective review of data on occupational performance and hand function outcomes after participation in the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) BIG program, support the use of the program to increase functional abilities in people with Parkinson’s disease.

Findings suggest that multimodal mental practice increases affected arm function in stroke survivors more than mental practice only.

This study adds to a body of literature suggesting that Ayres Sensory Integration® is effective in increasing functional goals in children with sensory processing and integration challenges.

This scoping review suggests that HMD-VR can be used by occupational therapy practitioners to simulate ecologically valid environments, evaluate client responses to fearful stimuli, and remediate anxiety though immersion in virtual tasks when participation in natural contexts is unfeasible.

This study reveals the widespread presence of difficulties in ADL and IADL performance among women with endometriosis and points to the need for cost-effective occupational therapy interventions for women with this condition.

The authors describe a systematic process for identification and rating of performance-based outcome measures that can be used to identify appropriate outcome measures for occupational therapy clinical trials.

The researchers report on the reliability and validity of six tests of vestibular and proprioceptive functions of the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration^® (EASI).

Findings from this research provide insights into using robotics to enhance occupational therapy practice.

A study of 5 adults with first-episode psychosis (FEP) found that health management dominated participants’ occupations immediately after FEP and hindered their social participation as they experienced a liminal space (i.e., transition space) in their life trajectory.

The authors’ review of the evidence using the COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist suggests that the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure lacks high-quality validation.

The OTTO intervention provided clinically important benefits in self-perceived functional performance to people poststroke.

Substantial expert agreement was established for several occupational science concepts viewed as essential, providing a basis for future studies to refine the concepts for occupational therapy education and practice.

Results of this survey research quantify limitations in the participation of occupational therapists and occupational therapy students and the relationship of occupation to social determinants of health.

The American Occupational Therapy Association hosted a series of listening sessions in June and July 2020 to learn about the experiences of occupational therapy students, practitioners, and educators who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), resulting in ideas for change and recommendations that establish a call to action for persons, groups, and populations.

In this Evidence Connection article, the author describes a clinical case report of an older adult with a chronic condition who, with his daughter, received home health occupational therapy services.