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Exploring the Experiences of Autistic Graduate Women in Navigating the World of Work
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)International research highlights poor prospects for autistic individuals in gaining and maintaining work (Baldwin et al., 2014; Harvery et al., 2021; Hendricks, 2010; Maslahati et al., 2022; Scott et al., 2019). Participation ... -
INCOT: Irish Neonatal Care in Occupational Therapy Study: The Development of an Occupational Therapy Intervention for Neonatal Units in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: Occupational therapists (OTs) play an important role in neonatal units internationally. This is a growing area of practice in Ireland, but it is not yet part of the standard of care in all neonatal units. ... -
Mutual Support Between Patients and Family Caregivers in Palliative Care
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: Palliative care is an interdisciplinary care approach to improve quality of life and alleviate symptom distress for people living with life-limiting conditions and their families. A systematic review conducted ... -
Palliative care healthcare professionals' perspective on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity Act) 2015 in Ireland
(2024)Objectives: People receiving end-of-life care often require assistance with decision-making. We aimed to ascertain from the perspective of palliative care healthcare professionals in Ireland, the impact of the Assisted ... -
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
(2024)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 ...
