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Implementation of Level Ⅱ Training Course for Occupational Therapist in Long Term Care=職能治?師長期照護level Ⅱ課程執?情形
No full textThe quality and quantity of professional human resources are critical to the success of long-term care system. In line with the Department of Health long-term care professionals training plan, three levels of training are required for all long term care related professionals. Taiwan Occupational Therapy Association executed the project and developed a 32- hour curriculum plan and a 3-hour fieldwork training for occupational therapists since the year of 2009, and this belongs to the level Ⅱ course . This article presents the objectives of the training project, as well as the topics, learning objectives and outlines of the training courses. The outcomes and future directions for the long-term care occupational therapist training were also discussed
Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology (QUEST 2.0): the development of the Taiwanese version
No full textThe development and preliminary validation of the Taiwanese Manual Ability Measure for Burns
No full textObjective: To develop and validate the Taiwanese Manual Ability Measure for Burns (T-MAM for Burns), a task-oriented functional evaluation tool to assess self-reported manual ability in burn patients. ;Design: A longitudinal study. ;Participants: A sample of 45 burn patients from burn rehabilitation centers with varying degrees of hand involvement. ;Methods: The preliminary testing version was formed by adding burn specific items to the Taiwanese version of the Manual Ability Measure. A field test was then conducted for item reduction and psychometric properties testing. ;Results: Out of 55 initial items, 20 were selected into the final version of the T-MAM for Burns. Psychometric analyses indicated that it was reliable (test-retest ICC = .99), with adequate concurrent validity with various other hand function tests (r = -.79 with the short form Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand, or, the QuickDASH) and discriminative validity (significant difference (t = 2.99, P = .005) between groups with unilateral vs. bilateral hand burns), and responsive (ES = .24 and .44 at one- and 3-month evaluations). ;Conclusion: This study shows that the T-MAM for Burns has great potential to be a functional outcome measure for burn rehabilitation. Additional research with a larger sample should be conducted to further confirm its validity and reliability. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved
Wheelchair-Related Accidents: Relationship With Wheelchair-Using Behavior in Active Community Wheelchair Users
No full textIndicators of perceived useful dementia care assistive technology: Caregivers' perspectives
No full textAimThe study aims to investigate the caregivers' context-specific perceived usefulness of available assistive technology (AT) devices and the professionals' perspectives on the usefulness indicators of AT devices for home-dwelling individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia. ;MethodsA total of 72 caregivers completed a questionnaire rating 82 AT devices with a high-perceived usefulness (HPU) or low-perceived usefulness (LPU). A total of 21 experts rated 10 usefulness indicators of these devices. We compared the mean of each indicator between the HPU and LPU groups. ;ResultsMost caregivers, who are generally amenable to using AT devices, thought they were useful for helping to care for home-dwelling older adults with mild-to-moderate dementia. The level of perceived usefulness from the experts' perspectives depends on specific design indicators (e.g. familiarity) and the context in which the AT is used (e.g. in everyday life or in emergencies). Indicators for HPU devices were: allows selective accident prevention, has an intuitive interface, is familiar, offers ease of use and simplifies activities. LPU devices featured client prompting. There were no significant differences between HPU and LPU devices with indicators of: is automated, informs caregiver, preserves privacy and preserves autonomy. Safety issues were considered important, and sometimes overshadowed ethical dilemmas, such as privacy and autonomy concern. ;ConclusionsThe present study provides insight into how caregivers perceived the usefulness of AT devices, and how that varied with context. Indicators of devices perceived as useful can serve as guidelines for modifying existing devices and designing new devices. Future application could also incorporate the points of view from the persons with dementia. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2015; 15: 1049-1057
台灣地區物理治療及職能治療學術研究活動及趨勢調查
No full text本研究調查台灣地區物理治療及職能治療之研究活動概況、成果及其 趨勢。 內容包含：(1) 研究人力：調查民國79 - 87學年度全國大學 及醫學院物理治療學系 （組）及職能治療學系（組）主要研究人員及 其他研究人員數目；(2) 研究經費︰ 檢索國科會資料庫查詢研究人員 申請國科會80 - 88年度專題研究計畫概況（含經費 ）；(3) 論文之 量與質：檢索相關光碟資料庫查詢研究人員於民國79 - 86年發表之 原著論文數；查詢光碟資料庫及科學引用指數(Science Citation Index, SCI)或社 會科學引用指數(Social Science Citation Index, SSCI)收錄研究人員發表原著論 文之篇數；計算SCI /SSCI收錄研究人 員之論文的影響係數 (impact factor)。結果 發現：兩專業之主要研 究人力近年來皆有成長，但相對於學會人口之研究人力比例 （約6%） 未見成長。兩專業主要研究人員申請國科會計畫件數漸增，但經費並 不充 裕（每件計畫之平均經費約38萬）。物理治療研究人員發表之原 著論文數量逐漸增 加，但此趨勢未見於職能治療。兩專業主要研究人 員發表之論文品質歷年來並無顯 著變化，如何提昇研究水準將是兩專 業面臨之挑戰
Construct Validity of Beery's Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration
No full textThe purpose of this study was to examine the construct validity of Beery 's Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI test) and its hierarchical structure of item difficulties for Taiwanese children. The VMI test was administered to 314 Taiwanese children aged from 3.3 to 13.3 years. The Rasch model of measurement was chosen to investigate the goodness-of-fit of individual items within the VMI test and the sequence of item difficulty. The results revealed that the 24 items of the VMI test measure a unidimensional construct. The difficulty levels of the items were spread widely and evenly across the age range tested. A person separation reliability of .92 and an item separation reliability of .99 indicated that the VMI test had good discriminatory power. However, the different sequence of item difficulty preliminarily found in this study indicates that the item order or the scoring criteria should be revised for Taiwanese children. Further of the standardization and validity of the VMI test and revision of the sequence for Taiwanese population are necessary
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