2014, Vol.22, No.1

Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.81

pISSN : 1226-0134 / eISSN : 2671-4450
https://journal.kci.go.kr/kjot

Objective : The present study aimed to determine the effect of a lifestyle redesign program whose theoretical basiswas successful aging research, i.e., the USC Well Elderly Research Study, on elderly people with dementia andtheir quality of life. Methods : The subjects included ten elderly patients with dementia who underwent a lifestyle redesign program overa period of thirteen weeks. Before the program was initiated, a preliminary test was conducted over a period ofone week using the Occupational Questionnaire (OQ) and Geriatric Quality of Life-Dementia (GQOL-D). Apost-test was performed for one week upon completion of the eleven-week program. Results : After the lifestyle redesign program was applied, the quality of life as well as the rest and sleeping areasof the elderly people with dementia improved significantly. Furthermore, after the program was applied,instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), leisure, rest and sleeping areas improved significantly based on theanalysis results of the CDR grade. Conclusion : The lifestyle redesign program reduced the time spent resting and sleeping for elderly people withdementia, and increased the productive activity times such as IADL and leisure, thereby improving their quality oflife.

Objective : This study aims to examine the correlation between the self-esteem of occupational therapists and theirempathy with others. Methods : A survey was conducted on 135 occupational therapists in the Busan and Gyeongnam areas fromDecember 2012 to February 2013. To measure the self-esteem of occupational therapists and their empathy withothers, the self-esteem scale and Korean-version of the empathy quotient (EQ) scale were employed. Results : A positive correlation was shown between self-esteem and cognitive empathy. Significant differences insocial skills, which is a subordinate item of self-esteem and empathy depending on gender, were shown, as weresignificant differences in empathy depending on wage. In addition, self-esteem and empathy both showedsignificant differences depending on the level of education of the occupational therapists. Conclusion : Occupational therapists with high self-esteem showed a high understanding of, and empathy toward,other people. Empathy is an essential element for forming a therapeutic relationship between a client andtherapist. These results imply that there is a need to implement a proper education program that improves theunderstanding of other people by clinical occupational therapists and occupational therapy students, and arousesthe motivation of clients.

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of a Mirror Movement Test forpatients with congenital cerebral palsy. Methods : Eleven items of the Mirror Movement Test were identified through a previous study performed by 72patients with congenital cerebral palsy. The data were analyzed through Winstep version 3.80 using the Raschmodel to examine the uni-dimensionality of the fit of each item, the distribution of difficulty of each item, and thereliability and appropriateness of the rating scale. Results : Based on a Rasch analysis, three (affected side) and two (unaffected side) out of the 72 patients wereconsidered to be inappropriate fits, and one item of the Mirror Movement Test for both sides was determined tobe an inappropriate item. The most difficult items were ‘touching the thumb and fingers’, and ‘clenching andunclenching the fist’. The easiest items were ‘flexing the elbow’, and ‘resistance to abducting the arm’. The fourcategories of rating scale were appropriate. The person and item separation reliability was above 0.90, which isa relatively excellent value. Conclusion : Mirror Movement Test is expected to be clinically useful. Follow-up studies on mirror movement areneeded for patients with various neurological diseases.