The influence of assistive technology on occupational performance and satisfaction of leprosy patients with grade 2 disabilities

We aimed to investigate the feasibility of assistive technology (AT) devices to improve leprosy patients' occupational performances and satisfaction. This is a pretest-posttest design study. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure was used to assess the occupational performance and satisf...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2016-09, Vol.49 (5), p.644-647
Hauptverfasser:	Muniz, Lucas da Silva, Amaral, Irmara Géssica Santos, Dias, Thiago da Silva, Rodrigues, Júnior, Jorge Lopes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activities of Daily Living Adolescent Adult Aged Assistive technology Disabilities Disability Disabled Persons Female Humans Leprosy Leprosy - complications Leprosy - rehabilitation Male Middle Aged Occupational performance Patient Satisfaction Patients Self-Help Devices Severity of Illness Index Technology TROPICAL MEDICINE Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	We aimed to investigate the feasibility of assistive technology (AT) devices to improve leprosy patients' occupational performances and satisfaction. This is a pretest-posttest design study. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure was used to assess the occupational performance and satisfaction of five leprosy participants with grade 2 disabilities before and after ten 45-minute interventions using assistive technology devices. The data showed a statistically significant 7-point average improvement (p
ISSN:	0037-8682 1678-9849 1678-9849 0037-8682
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0097-2016