• Title of article

    The Association between ADL Ability and Quality of Life among People with Advanced Cancer

  • Author/Authors

    Brekke, MetteFalk DepartmentofOccupationalTherapy - UniversityCollegeAbsalon - Næstved, Denmark , Cour, Karenla DepartmentofPublicHealth - ResearchUnitforGeneralPractice - TheResearchInitiativeforActivityStudiesand OccupationalTherapy - UniversityofSouthernDenmark - Odense, Denmark , Brandt, Åse DepartmentofPublicHealth - ResearchUnitforGeneralPractice - TheResearchInitiativeforActivityStudiesand OccupationalTherapy - UniversityofSouthernDenmark - Odense, Denmark , Peoples, Hanne DepartmentofPublicHealth - ResearchUnitforGeneralPractice - TheResearchInitiativeforActivityStudiesand OccupationalTherapy - UniversityofSouthernDenmark - Odense, Denmark , Wæhrens, EvaEjlersen DepartmentofPublicHealth - ResearchUnitforGeneralPractice - TheResearchInitiativeforActivityStudiesand OccupationalTherapy - UniversityofSouthernDenmark - Odense, Denmark

  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    11
  • Abstract
    Occupationaltherapyandoccupationalsciencearefoundedonthetheoreticalcoreassumptionthatoccupationand qualityoflife(QoL)arecloselyrelated.However,suchtheoreticalcoreassumptionsmustbesupportedthroughempiricallybased research.Objective.ToinvestigatetheassociationbetweenQoLandoccupation,hereself-reportedandobservedADLabilitiesasa partofoccupation,amongpeoplewithadvancedcancer,includingdeterminingwhetherself-reportedorobservedADLabilityhad thestrongerassociationwithQoL.Methods.Thestudywasnestedinacross-sectionalstudy.TheassociationbetweenADLability andQoLamong108peoplewithadvancedcancerwasinvestigatedusingtheADLInterview(ADL-I),theAssessmentofMotorand ProcessSkills(AMPS),andtheEuropeanOrganizationforResearchandTreatmentofCancerCoreQualityofLifeQuestionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30).ResultsandConclusions.ResultsshowedthathighobservedADLmotorabilitywasassociatedwithhighQoL. Incontrast,observedADLprocessabilityandself-reportedADLabilitywerenotsignificantlyassociatedwithQoL.Oppositely expected,observedADLabilityhadastrongerassociationwithQoLthanself-reportedADLability.Thereby,thestudytosome extentcontributesknowledgeconfirmingthetheoreticalcoreassumptionsabouttherelationbetweenoccupation,here performanceofADL,andQoL.
  • Keywords
    Association , ADL , Ability , Quality of Life , People , Advanced Cancer , ADL and QoL
  • Journal title
    Occupational Therapy International
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Full Text URL
    downloads.hindawi.com/journals/oti/2019/2629673.pdf
  • Record number

    2615913

    • Link To Document
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