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
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
