Occupational Therapy and Therapeutic Horticulture for Women with Cancer and Chronic Pain: A Pilot Study.
Background: Chronic pain among individuals with cancer can adversely affect quality of life (QOL) and physical, social, and emotional functioning. Therapeutic horticulture has been shown to be effective for treating various medical conditions; however, the focus on cancer survivors with chronic pain...
| Published in: | Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT) Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 1 - 16 |
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Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
Spring2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=149951368&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 149951368 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 21686408 HDL1 jtl: Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT) issn: 21686408 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2021 vid: 9 iid: 2 pid: 94241 pub: Open Journal of Occupational Therapy place: Kalamazoo, Michigan artinfo: ui: 149951368 149951368 149951368 10.15453/2168-6408.1786 149951368 ppf: 1 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Occupational Therapy and Therapeutic Horticulture for Women with Cancer and Chronic Pain: A Pilot Study. aug: au: Mori, Yuko Kugel, Julie Krpalek, Dragana Javaherian-Dysinger, Heather Gharibvand, Lida affil: Loma Linda University - USA. sug: subj: Occupational Therapy Horticulture Cancer Patients Women's Health Chronic Pain Therapy Treatment Outcomes Evaluation Human Female Adult Middle Age Multimethod Studies Attitude to Illness Quality of Life Quantitative Studies Interviews Pilot Studies Experimental Studies Purposive Sample Snowball Sample Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) Clinical Assessment Tools Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Comparative Studies Data Analysis Software Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Paired T-Tests Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female ab: Background: Chronic pain among individuals with cancer can adversely affect quality of life (QOL) and physical, social, and emotional functioning. Therapeutic horticulture has been shown to be effective for treating various medical conditions; however, the focus on cancer survivors with chronic pain is marginal. This study evaluated the effectiveness of therapeutic horticulture for women with cancer living with chronic pain. Method: A mixed methods experimental design was used to examine the impact of a 6-week therapeutic horticulture program with seven females with cancer who presented with chronic pain for longer than 3 months. Perception of pain, QOL, and functional fitness were examined using quantitative measures followed by interviews and focus group discussions to explore the subjective experience of the program. Results: Participation in the therapeutic horticulture program resulted in significant improvement in vitality (p = 0.018), lower body flexibility (p = 0.043), and agility and dynamic balance (p = 0.043). There were no significant changes in perception of pain. Four themes emerged from the qualitative data, illustrating the factors that contributed to the experience of the program. Conclusion: Therapeutic horticulture is potentially beneficial as an occupation-based intervention for individuals with cancer living with chronic pain to improve vitality, lower body flexibility, and agility pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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