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Parent-Infant Sleep as Co-Occupation: A Meta-Ethnography of Parent Experiences and Perspectives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Sleep is a key component of health and wellbeing for both adults and infants and has implications for daytime functioning and quality of life. Infants' sleep patterns in the first two years involve unpredictable, short ... -
Measuring Successes of Social Prescribing
(2023)Social prescribing is a referral mechanism which connects people to non-medical, community and social based activities, which aim to empower an individual to take control of and manage their health and wellbeing (Husk et ... -
Refining the psychometric properties of the Trinity Student Profile - A self-report measure of occupational performance difficulties within the student role in higher education.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: The Trinity Student Profile (TSP) is a self-report measure of occupational performance difficulties within the university student role and is based on the Person-Environment-Occupation Model. The tool was ... -
Supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in specialist palliative care: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators
(2023)Objectives: Patients with advanced illness and their family caregivers can be mutually supportive. However, what facilitates and/or restricts supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in palliative ... -
Outcomes of a fatigue management intervention for people with post COVID-19 condition.
(2024)Objective Fatigue is identified as one of the most prevalent and persistent problems reported by people with post COVID-19 condition that negatively impacts on everyday living and resumption of pre-COVID-19 lifestyle. A ... -
Feasibility of OptiMaL, a Self-Management Programme for Oesophageal Cancer Survivors
(2023)Introduction: There is limited availability of self-management interventions for oesophageal cancer survivors at present. This study examined the feasibility of OptiMal, a six-week, self-management programme to improve ... -
A stakeholders perspective on the 'kickstart to recovery' football programme in a community mental health service
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Introduction: One in four Irish people will experience mental health difficulties. Those with mental illness often don t receive best practice physical healthcare due to the division between service areas in Ireland and ... -
The development and feasibility of the occupational therapy-led `Work and Cancer' intervention for women living with and beyond breast cancer
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Background: Increased survivorship has prompted focus on optimising quality of life for those living with and beyond cancer, including reintegration into work. Despite frequently cited return-to-work barriers for women ... -
Post-operative management of flexor tendon injuries at zone II and flexor Pollicis Longus - a survey of Irish practice
(2021)Purpose The post-operative management of flexor tendon injuries has been the focus of considerable exploration and there continues to be variation in approaches and methods of mobilisation. The purpose of this paper is ... -
An Investigation into an Occupation-Focused Self-Management Programme for College Students experiencing Mental Health Difficulties.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Background: In response to ever increasing numbers of students in higher education experiencing mental health difficulties, an occupation-focused self-management programme, called the Unilink Self-Management Programme ... -
Decision-making in palliative care - patient and family caregiver concordance and discordance: systematic review and narrative synthesis
(2023)Background: Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and function between patients and family caregivers ... -
Cost-effectiveness of an occupational therapy-led self-management support programme for multimorbidity in primary care
(2022)Background Multimorbidity is a major public health concern. Complex interventions, incorporating individualized care plans, may be appropriate for patients with multimorbidity given their individualized and variable ... -
Assessment of older adults' decision-making capacity in relation to independent living: The role of occupational therapy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Introduction Decision-making capacity (DMC) is the extent to which an individual is capable of understanding and remembering information and using this to make and communicate their choices regarding their personal, financial ... -
Perceptions of fatigue and fatigue management interventions among people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis
(2021)Background/Aims: Fatigue is the most common symptom of multiple sclerosis. Evidence supports the effectiveness of fatigue management interventions for people with multiple sclerosis. This review aimed to identify how people ... -
A Survey to Establish Current Practice in Addressing Work Participation with Inflammatory Arthritis in the Irish Clinical Setting.
(2018)Background: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is a complex progressive disease, with 2,250cases diagnosed in Ireland annually (Kane & Kavanagh, 2011) and an average age at onset of 35–45 years (Health Service Executive,2015). ... -
Addressing Participation with Early Inflammatory Arthritis: Insights into the Lived Experience and Exploring a Clinical Model to Address Participation Restrictions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2021)The focus of this multiphase study is exploring the impacts of inflammatory arthritis on participation and engagement in life roles, and how clinical services address client-identified participation restrictions associated ... -
Examining the impact of a social prescribing service on the health & wellbeing of individuals living with and beyond cancer
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2020)Social prescribing is a community-based intervention that supports individuals with health needs and chronic conditions to access activities supports in their community. Due to medical improvements, more people than ever ...