Quality-of-Life Issues in Individuals with HIV Disease: An Occupational Therapy Perspective

Occupational therapy for advanced HIV patients at a home care facility: a pilot study

“…Overall, the acceptance by patients was high: most of them were keen and steady attending the intervention. In line with the assumptions and theory of occupational therapy devised for chronic conditions including HIV infection (Rogers, 2005;Chan et al, 1996), social function and coping with stress abilities of participants significantly and continuously improved over the study period, while viral and immunological parameters improved or remained unchanged.…”

“…Occupational therapy has been reported as a tool to decrease social dysfunction and stress in many physical and psychiatric disabilities (Trombly & Radomski, 2002;Rogers, 2005); its possible use in patients with HIV infection has been suggested but not explored (Chan et al, 1996;Salz, 2001).…”

Abstracts

“…Occupational therapy (O.T.) is vital in HIV rehabilitation (Chan et al, 1996). It also contributes significantly to discharge planning (Griffiths, 2002) with U Jette et al (2003) finding this process may be guided by four constructs, all relating to OT values.…”

The role of occupational therapists in mitigating the threats posed by monkeypox: A call to action

“…The profession did not consider HIV/AIDS care as a part of their care continuum for years; it was still considered a “new service continuum” in 1997 despite the need for services prior (Molineux, 1997). Inaccessible rehabilitation services likely led to lower quality of life and disability for many HIV-positive individuals than they would have had with these services (Chan et al, 1996). We must acknowledge OTs’ role in monkeypox prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation now, at the beginning of this outbreak.…”