Occupational therapy to improve quality of life for colorectal cancer survivors: a randomized clinical trial

Yang, Shang Yu; Wang, Jung‐Der; Chang, Jer Hao

doi:10.1007/s00520-019-04971-2

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“…There is growing research showing that occupational therapy interventions are effective for people with health conditions across the life course, decreasing health care utilization (Rogers et al, 2017), improving the ability to complete daily life activities independently or with reduced assistance (Aghajanzade et al, 2019;Ahn, 2019;Burgess & Jensen, 2019;Uruma et al, 2019), and increasing quality of life (Levasseur et al, 2019;Yang et al, 2020).…”

Section: New Shift In Envisioning Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Not Just Mortality and Morbidity but Also Function: Opportunities and Challenges for Occupational Therapy in the World Health Organization’s Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative

Richards

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2020

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The World Health Organization's (WHO's) new focus on rehabilitation offers great opportunities for occupational therapy. Recognizing that the problems in daily function created by the aging of the world's population and the increasing prevalence of chronic health conditions require rehabilitation to be a vital part of health systems, the World Health Organization brought a variety of stakeholders together in 2017 and 2019 to help them develop the Rehabilitation 2030 initiative. Occupational therapy was represented by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, editorial board members of several occupational therapy journals, and other occupational therapy researchers. A major challenge to meeting the goal of sufficient rehabilitation services to meet global need is the worldwide shortage of occupational therapists. This shortage can be attributed to a paucity of knowledge about occupational therapy as a health care profession, lack of understanding of the occupational therapy scope of practice, the cost of education required to become an occupational therapist, and the need for occupational therapy salaries to offset educational costs. Nonetheless, ongoing success in research and clinical outcomes will increase knowledge of the value of occupational therapy and increase the size of the profession. WHO's focus on function is to be lauded. Yet, occupational therapists must not be content with an emphasis on function. They also need to advocate for contextual changes that eliminate barriers to participation and engagement experienced by people with disability. W e have entered an exciting era for occupational therapy! In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its new initiative in rehabilitation, Rehabilitation 2030, by bringing together stakeholders from a large variety of areas to assist them in creating this vision. To build consensus, create a realistic action plan, and gain the commitment of various stakeholders, WHO organized two meetings (in 2017 and 2019

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Section: New Shift In Envisioning Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Not Just Mortality and Morbidity but Also Function: Opportunities and Challenges for Occupational Therapy in the World Health Organization’s Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative

Richards

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2020

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…These studies reported on a range of intervention types, according to their different intervention focus, which could be classified into CRC surveillance programme, 31,32 education (colostomy education, 33–37 psychosexual education, 38 psychoeducation, 39,40 healthy lifestyle education 41 ), psychosocial support, 42,43 supportive expression, 44,45 cognitive behavioural stress management (CBSM), 46 supportive care, 47–50 physical activity (PA) and/or dietary, 51–58 and survivorship care plan (SCP) 59,60 interventions. Detailed definitions of the interventions included are described in Table S1.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The studies that were included reported on various delivery formats, including face‐to‐face (one‐on‐one or in a group), 33–35,39–41,45,46,60 telephone, 36,38,42,48–50,56 web‐based, 58 and multiple combination with the following formats: face‐to‐face, telephone, home visit, home‐based, or web‐based 37,43,44,47,51–55,57,59 . These interventions were delivered by a range of health professionals, for example, nurse, therapist, doctor, oncologist, dietitian, psychologist, social worker, or trained research assistant.…”

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“…There were seven studies that reported the intervention effects on CRC survivors' distress, included psychoeducation, 40 healthy lifestyle education, 41 CBSM, 46 supportive care, 47,48,50 and exercise interventions 58 . Among these studies, four showed positive impacts on CRC patient distress.…”

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“…One study comprised of six psychoeducation sessions conducted in Chinese CRC patients who had completed primary treatment showed significant improvements in patient cancer‐related distress when compared with a control group 40 . One was lifestyle education, delivered by an occupational therapist, providing customised healthy lifestyle suggestions during three clinic consultations, with improvements found in emotional distress during the three months of follow‐up 41 . Two studies focused on nurse‐led supportive care, consisting of five calls to assess and identify patient needs based on a standardised checklist, and providing tailored support for CRC patients in the six months following hospital discharge 48,50 .…”

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A literature review of post‐treatment survivorship interventions for colorectal cancer survivors and/or their caregivers

Luo

Chen

et al. 2021

Psycho-Oncology

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Objective Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors have reported a number of concerns and unmet needs after treatment completion. This paper aims to explore existing survivorship interventions after CRC treatment according to the American Cancer Society CRC Survivorship Care Guidelines, to identify study gaps, and provide valuable evidence directing future research. Methods Five electronic databases, including CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane Library databases from 2005 to October 2020, were systematically searched to identify English or Chinese literature on CRC post‐treatment survivorship interventions. Manual searching through the articles' references lists was also conducted. Results Thirty studies met the criteria, and focused on addressing issues in four CRC Survivorship Care Guidelines domains. Several issues for CRC surveillance programmes remain to be explored. Regarding the long‐term physical and psychosocial effects of CRC treatment, we found mounting evidence for various interventions to solve ostomy issues and improve distress/depression/anxiety, strong evidence for exercise to improve fatigue, and limited evidence in addressing CRC patient sexual concerns. For health promotion, high‐quality evidence was found for exercises to improve cardiopulmonary fitness, metabolism, tumour‐related biomarkers, and short‐term improvement in physical fitness and QOL. Emerging evidence was found for a survivorship care plan to improve patient perceptions of care coordination. Conclusions Further refinements based on the existing evidence, and the development of comprehensive CRC survivorship care comprising multiple essential survivorship components, are required. Furthermore, considering both survivor and caregiver cancer survivorship needs, future research may optimise the care delivered, and help survivors and their families live better with cancer.

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Non-medical interventions to enhance return to work for people with cancer

de Boer,

Tamminga,

Boschman

et al. 2024

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Occupational therapy to improve quality of life for colorectal cancer survivors: a randomized clinical trial

Cited by 14 publications

References 29 publications

Not Just Mortality and Morbidity but Also Function: Opportunities and Challenges for Occupational Therapy in the World Health Organization’s Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative

Not Just Mortality and Morbidity but Also Function: Opportunities and Challenges for Occupational Therapy in the World Health Organization’s Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative

A literature review of post‐treatment survivorship interventions for colorectal cancer survivors and/or their caregivers

Non-medical interventions to enhance return to work for people with cancer

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