Occupational Therapy to Patients with Arthritis

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Abstract

Chronic illness interrupts involvement in daily living. The purpose of this paper was to recognize factors connected with occupational balance, apparent contentment with performance of one's key occupation, the equilibrium of time utilized on occupations, and every day achievements. Furthermore, this paper also discussed the self-efficacy in association to arthritis symptoms, self-care ability and work limitations, and were added predictors of contentment with achievements; pain, social function, and work capability were further determinants of contentment with performance; and the amount of time utilized in occupations perceived as pleasant was an another augmented predictor of pleasure with balance of time spent across the number of different occupations. Study provides support for contemporary models of occupational balance as a multidimensional concept.

Occupational Therapy to Patients with Arthritis

Introduction

It is first important to acknowledge some description of the reviewed article. The article review is done on the topic, “Exploring Occupational Balance in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis” which is published in 'OTJR: the Journal for Occupation, Participation and Health” in the year 2010 by two authors, namely, Mary Forhan and Catherine Backman. In the article, the authors have used previous researches to make strong basis for their particular article. Summarizing the previous researches that carry combine logic on chronic illness, and how it can cause various challenges to individuals. Moreover, the concept of the performing the research is to provide evidence of variables which are not discussed before such as 'Occupation Balance'. In addition to the research question that the author presented in performing the research was “What are the factors associated with three indicators of occupation balance”.

The equilibrium amongst the occupations of daily living is known as one of the major determinant of health and well-being (Christiansen and Matuska, 2006; Matuska and Christiansen, 2008). The definition of occupation is quite translucent, however in the context of this research; it refers to any kind of work, whether paid or unpaid, rest, free time, leisure, as well as self-care. This research is specifically aimed at discovering, the Rheumatoid Arthritis as one of the factors that affects the balance between the work related and the leisure occupations of an individual, who is suffering from it.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune ailment differentiated by the orientation of its pain, fatigue, stiffness, and inflammation and potentiality of obliteration of joints. Theoretically, it makes sense to foresee that subjects with rheumatoid arthritis might possibly experience everyday occupations in a different way than those lacking persistent illness. MacKinnon et al. (1994) established that subjects with rheumatoid arthritis spent most of their time in leisure, rest and self-care rather than in paid work and child care, in comparison to those, who didn't have the same ailments. Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis in addition to that also reported more of the depression in comparison to the satisfaction with their personal life (MacKinnon, Avison, and McCain, 1994). However, the inadequate writing and the establishment of fresh drugs to counter rheumatoid arthritis symptoms imply that relations among occupational ...