Biomedical subjects

L A Llorens

Publications and source records attributed to L A Llorens.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1991

The effects of habilitative hospital admission on self-care, self-esteem, and frequency of physical care.

The effects of a habilitative hospital admission for the multidisciplinary teaching of activities of daily living were investigated with 3 children with spina bifida and 1 child with juvenile arthritis. Specific evaluation tools included analysis of individualized goals, the Klein-Bell Activity of Daily Living Scale (Klein & Bell, 1979), the Physical Child Care Record (Johnson & Dietz, 1985), and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (Piers & Harris, 1967). The children were evaluated on hospital admission, at discharge, and 3 months after discharge. The results show that hospital admission can be an effective means of increasing independence and decreasing frequency of physical care by parents. Some changes in self-esteem occurred in both directions; however, these changes may be attributed to variables other than hospitalization or changes in self-care status.

Activities of Daily Living↗

PubMed1986

Activity analysis: agreement among factors in a sensory processing model.

A laboratory model designed to study tasks, activities, and occupation components is described. The feasibility of the model for gathering evidence about inherent factors perceived by participants in five discrete situations that involved spinning, drawing, manual rolling, buttoning, and chewing was tested. Results provide limited but specific evidence to support the concept that tasks, activities, and occupation components possess inherent factors that may be used in assessment and intervention to affect the interrelationships among external actions, external objects, and internal mental operations. Such evidence strengthens the credibility of emerging occupational theory for the practice of occupational therapy.

Arousal↗

PubMed1985

Nationally speaking. The challenge for research in a practice profession.

We have suggested that certain research challenges now face the profession. In summary, these challenges may be seen as part of the dual mission of research in a practice profession. Research must contribute to the development of a body of knowledge: some research is academic and theoretical in nature and other research helps to sustain and improve clinical practice. In either case, theory in a practice profession differs significantly from that in more traditional sciences. It is, in fact, more sophisticated and complex than the theory utilized by nonpractice professions, because it must provide the means to state intended outcomes and identify the methods required to achieve the prescribed results (5). This is known as "prescriptive theory" and represents the ultimate research challenge to the practice profession. Prescriptive theory cannot rest on studying what is and what has been; it must anticipate what might be--indeed, what must be--if patients are to achieve their greatest potential as functional members of society.

Ethics, Professional↗

PubMed1984

Changing balance: environment and individual.

The role of occupational therapy as a process for changing balance from dysfunction to function is discussed in this paper. The individual as the first level environment to be considered for balance in the occupational therapy process is emphasized. The role of purposeful activity as a change determinant and as a valued treatment modality is recognized as a practice factor that needs verification through research in conjunction with systematic study of the occupational therapy process.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1983

Documentation of occupational therapy services: a process model.

This paper describes a process model of occupational therapy and the Occupational Therapy Sequential Client Care Record (OTSCCR). The OTSCCR incorporates the model and provides comprehensive documentation of occupational therapy services from referral through outcome of intervention.

Hospital Departments↗

PubMed1978

Learning style preferences of occupational therapy students.

Fifty-five undergraduate and 22 graduate students in occupational therapy were surveyed by using the Canfield-Lafferty Learning Styles Inventory. The results of the study indicate that their learning style preferences favor the learning conditions that permit knowing and liking the instructor personally, setting one's own objectives, and working alone and independently. The highest content and mode preferences for learning were working with people and engaging in direct experience, respectively. The lowest content and mode preferences were for working with numbers and for reading. Achievement expectations for grades were A and B. The findings are discussed.

Florida↗

PubMed1977

Occupational therapy sequential client care recording system: a comparative study.

The client care record is a key document for determining standards of care in occupational therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a client care recording system for occupational therapy that combined the theoretical framework of the Developmental Analysis, Evaluation and Intervention Schedule, and the scientific method of the Problem Oriented Medical Record. The research form of the client care record was compared to a traditional client care record in current use in an occupational therapy clinic. An interdisciplinary panel of health professionals rated both the original and proposed form of the record on the variables of completeness, organization, understandability, and usefulness. The findings show statistically significant differences between the client care record based on the combined Developmental Analysis, Evaluation and Intervention Schedule and the Problem Oriented Medical Record and the currently used record system.

Child↗

PubMed1975

A profile for managing sensory integrative test data.

A concise method for compiling a data profile from a general sensory integrative test battery has been presented. Subtests from each test used were categorized according to the sensory integrative and motor functions being tested. These categories have been defined and include: tactile-kinesthetic perception, visual perception-figure ground, visual perception-constancy, ocular control, gross motor control, fine motor control, integration of function-two sides of the body, orientation in space, body awareness, and auditory discrimination. A method for converting the various scores into descriptive terminology is provided in which the test results are reported as above age expectancy, appropriate for age, somewhat deficient for age, and markedly deficient for age. The clinical implications of the technique are discussed.

Auditory Perception↗

PubMed1974