Issues

The authors review existing legislation, new federal initiatives, and recent research evidence and demonstrate the need for occupational therapy practitioners to assert their role in postsecondary transition.

This study reviewed the construct validity, criterion validity, and internal consistency of the Gaylord Occupational Therapy Cognitive screen (GOT-Cog), a new comprehensive cognitive screen.

This systematic review introduces the term early engagement to describe occupational therapy-specific interventions for patients recovering in the ICU.

The study found that satisfaction with life, mental resilience, occupational balance, religious status, executive functions, and variability in occupational change all contributed to the mental health status of higher education students in Israel who were exposed to traumatic events and changes in daily life because of war.

This study found that performance-based assessments such as the Multiple Errands Test–Home Version (MET–Home) have the potential to guide occupational therapists when screening clients to determine when further, comprehensive assessment is indicated.

This study examined how occupational therapy practitioners can use an intervention called Journeys with youth at risk in an educational setting.

The study examined the impact of engagement in meaningful activities on quality of life among community-dwelling older adults during COVID-19.

This clinical trial examined the preliminary efficacy of a new 12-week telehealth occupational therapy intervention for families with a child living with Type 1 diabetes.

This study identifies occupational therapy positions, practice areas, and work conditions at most risk for burnout and highlights job resources that can prevent and mitigate burnout.

The study authors used Medicare data to characterize the variation in hospital use of acute occupational therapy and to identify how Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement affected acute OT use by hospitals.

This study evaluated the efficacy of an elastomeric fabric orthosis to improve manual dexterity for people with Parkinson’s disease.

The inclusion of medical improvisation in occupational therapy education can better prepare students to build and maintain therapeutic relationships.

This study presents important insights into the impact of occupational performance coaching on patients with heart failure.

This study’s results suggest that the potential exists for occupational therapists to use their expertise to help people with gambling problems engage in activities that are meaningful to them.

This study highlights significant gaps faced by health care professionals in understanding and addressing challenges in toileting evaluation and intervention for children with cerebral palsy.

The study findings suggest practical implications and insights for occupational therapy practitioners to strengthen and foster caregiver resilience and well-being in the autism community.

The authors propose a Scholarship of Knowledge Discovery in Practice model, which prioritizes discovery when solving practice problems through quality improvement, program development, and innovation.

This article is a call to action for the occupational therapy profession to increase the use of Ayres Sensory Integration^® in school settings.

This column gives a voice to the often-invisible struggles of mothers suffering in silence in the acute postpartum stage of c-section recovery in the hope of bringing positive change to maternal health outcomes through the provision of skilled occupational therapy services.

This The Issue Is column introduces the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), an engineering-inspired framework for the development, optimization, and evaluation of multicomponent occupational therapy interventions.