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interventions effects and outcomes in occupational therapy adults and older adults
occupational therapists are expected to maintain their knowledge of best practice by independently keeping up to date on the latest research . with interventions effects and outcomes in occupational therapy adults and older adults drs. mary law and mary ann mccoll have assembled the evidence for effectiveness of occupational therapy for adults and older adults . interventions effects and outcomes in occupational therapy brings together the latest published peer reviewed literature conceptual approaches outcome measures and intervention approaches to address the three main areas by identifying a finite set of interventions which occupational therapists deliver most often and to provide details of those intervention approaches identifying where the research evidence shows that occupational therapists can achieve specific positive effects as a result of those interventions identifying the outcome measures most commonly and reliably used by researchers in occupational therapy to demonstrate the effects of interventions drs. mary law and mary ann mccoll have comprehensively reviewed all of the intervention effectiveness literature for occupational therapy provided for adults . the material reviewed crosses all diagnostic categories and areas of practice for adults and older adults . analysis of over 500 research studies and systematic reviews form the basis for this book . who will benefit from the text student occupational therapists will learn about the most effective occupational therapy interventions for adults and older adults and how to measure outcomes after these interventions clinicians will be able to identify the practices for which most evidence exists of effectiveness . researchers will be provided with a synthesis of methods approaches measures and results of intervention studies in occupational therapy in the modern period . decision makers will be able to assess the effectiveness of occupational therapy programs an
paperback slack inc 2009 isbn13 9781556428807 isbn10 1556428804
book type nf isbn 13 9781556428807 number of pages 367 publisher slack inc release date 62135769600000