How adults with acquired brain damage perceive computer training as a rehabilitation tool: a focus-group study.

The aim of this study was to explore and describe how adult outpatients with acquired brain damage and referred to occupational therapy perceive computer training with the RehaCom programs, in order to evaluate the method of treatment as a tool in the rehabilitation of persons with cognitive disorde...

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Publicado en:Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 119 - 130
Autores principales: Eriksson M, Dahlin-Ivanoff S
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2002
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        affil: Department of Occupational Therapy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-431 80, Molndal, Sweden; marianne.br.eriksson@vgregion.se
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          Brain Injuries Rehabilitation
          Computer User Training
          Occupational Therapy
          Rehabilitation, Cognitive
          Cognition Disorders Etiology
          Evaluation Research
          Qualitative Studies
          Focus Groups
          Interviews
          Questionnaires
          Patient Attitudes
          Attitude to Health
          Software
          Cognition
          Learning
          Activities of Daily Living
          Functional Status
          Functional Assessment
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Occupational Therapy Assessment
          Thematic Analysis
          Age Factors
          Sex Factors
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Outpatients
          Academic Medical Centers
          Sweden
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: The aim of this study was to explore and describe how adult outpatients with acquired brain damage and referred to occupational therapy perceive computer training with the RehaCom programs, in order to evaluate the method of treatment as a tool in the rehabilitation of persons with cognitive disorders. By using focus-group discussions as a qualitative method of research when analysing the result, five themes with corresponding categories emerged, describing a development of understanding and learning about capacities. Themes describing how the participants could apply strategies to overcome shortcomings in daily occupations and the therapeutic role of the occupational therapist were identified as well. The result shows that a computer training program such as RehaCom can be used as an educational tool, for example, to guide a person who is trying to adopt compensatory strategies to avoid overload by taking pauses. It was found that anything the participants learned was also applicable to occupational performance in daily life.
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