A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy for Older Persons.

Given the current health care debate, it is imperative to document the usefulness of various health services for older persons, a rapidly growing population at increased risk for a wide variety of physical and functional impairments. A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the degree of effectivene...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 89 - 99
Autores principales: Carlson, Mike, Fanchiang, Shan-Pin, Zemke, Ruth, Clark, Florence
Formato: meta analysis research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Occupational Therapy Association Feb1996
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          Carlson, Mike
          Fanchiang, Shan-Pin
          Zemke, Ruth
          Clark, Florence
        affil: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar, CHP 133, Los Angeles, California 90033
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          Occupational Therapy In Old Age
          Outcomes (Health Care)
          Meta Analysis
          Research, Occupational Therapy
          Power Analysis
          Research Methodology
          Reliability
          Confidence Intervals
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          P-Value
          One-Tailed Test
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      ab: Given the current health care debate, it is imperative to document the usefulness of various health services for older persons, a rapidly growing population at increased risk for a wide variety of physical and functional impairments. A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the degree of effectiveness of occupational therapy for older persons. For a sample of 15 distinct tests of occupational therapy, a positive unweighted mean effect size of .51 (.54 when corrected for instrument unreliability) was obtained, along with a highly significant cumulative result for treatment success (p < . 001). Beneficial treatment effects extended to activities of daily living?functional and psychosocial outcomes. The results for physical outcomes suggested a beneficial effect, although not every meta-analytic test yielded significant results. It was concluded that factors such as publication bias or poor study design are incapable of accounting for the positive meta-analytic result and that occupational therapy represents a worthwhile treatment option for older persons.
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