TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupation-focused intervention for in-patient mental health settings
T2 - Pilot study of effectiveness
AU - Lipskaya-Velikovsky, Lena
AU - Krupa, Terry
AU - Silvan-Kosovich, Ilana
AU - Kotler, Moshe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Purpose: Participation in meaningful occupation is associated with recovery in serious mental illnesses, however, few evidence-based, occupation-focused interventions for hospital settings exist. This study investigated the effectiveness of “Occupational Connections” (OC), a manualized, short-term, group intervention, addressing issues in daily-life occupations’ participation and functioning of people with serious mental illness as early as during hospitalization. Methods: Thirty-three inpatients with schizophrenia completed single-blind, pre-post study procedures (up to 10 weeks) in two groups: OC group intervention and open leisure activity group (control condition), in addition to treatment as usual. They were assessed for occupation and participation dimensions, perceptions of services as recovery-oriented, comprehensive cognitive functioning and schizophrenia symptoms. The sampling was convenience with sequential group allocation. Results: Improvements were found in the study group in the following measurements: intention to participate in daily activities (t(15) = -2.62, p < .05), participation diversity (t(15) = -2.11, p < .05), experience the recovery orientation of the service (t(15) = -3.15, p < .01), functional capacity (t(15) = -3.44, p < .01), cognitive abilities of language understanding, memory and shifting (−4.5
AB - Purpose: Participation in meaningful occupation is associated with recovery in serious mental illnesses, however, few evidence-based, occupation-focused interventions for hospital settings exist. This study investigated the effectiveness of “Occupational Connections” (OC), a manualized, short-term, group intervention, addressing issues in daily-life occupations’ participation and functioning of people with serious mental illness as early as during hospitalization. Methods: Thirty-three inpatients with schizophrenia completed single-blind, pre-post study procedures (up to 10 weeks) in two groups: OC group intervention and open leisure activity group (control condition), in addition to treatment as usual. They were assessed for occupation and participation dimensions, perceptions of services as recovery-oriented, comprehensive cognitive functioning and schizophrenia symptoms. The sampling was convenience with sequential group allocation. Results: Improvements were found in the study group in the following measurements: intention to participate in daily activities (t(15) = -2.62, p < .05), participation diversity (t(15) = -2.11, p < .05), experience the recovery orientation of the service (t(15) = -3.15, p < .01), functional capacity (t(15) = -3.44, p < .01), cognitive abilities of language understanding, memory and shifting (−4.5
KW - In-patient settings
KW - Intervention effectiveness
KW - Mental illness
KW - Participation
KW - Recovery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.03.004
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C2 - 32203739
AN - SCOPUS:85081895229
SN - 0022-3956
VL - 125
SP - 45
EP - 51
JO - Journal of Psychiatric Research
JF - Journal of Psychiatric Research
ER -