Shared Patterns of Daily Occupations among Parents of Children Aged 4–6 Years Old with Obesity

Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations among Older Adults in Northern Sweden

“…To strengthen content and face validity (Dawson & Trapp, 2004), we used the PDO concept to define the building blocks of the temporal patterns of occupations, a definition that has been used in earlier research Erlandsson et al, 2004Erlandsson et al, , 2006Orban et al, 2011;Orban, Ellegård, Thorngren-Jerneck, & Erlandsson, 2012). Validity was strengthened by the use of open diaries, which make it possible for the participants to report actual occupations, contexts and time-use in their own words (c.f.…”

Time Use and Daily Activities of Late Adolescents in Contemporary Ireland

“…By bringing this occupational perspective to public health and health promotion initiatives, and the understanding of occupation and health at individual and population levels, occupational therapists and occupational scientists can contribute to the development of occupationally healthy public policy (Wilcock & Hocking, 2004). Occupational scientists and therapists are beginning to use time use research to explore key population health issues such as unemployment (Scanlan, Bundy, & Matthews, 2011), childhood obesity (Orban, Ellegård, Thorngren-Jerneck, & Erlandsson, 2012;Ziviani, Desha, Poulsen, & Whiteford, 2010) and enduring mental illness (Desha, Nicholson, & Ziviani, 2011;Eklund, Erlandsson, & Leufstadius, 2010), in some cases leading to the development of occupation-based interventions (Edgelow & Krupa, 2011). In addition to examining health issues for at-risk groups, occupational scientists also examine the daily lives of different age groups within the 'well' population including children (Lynch, 2009) and older people (Chilvers, Corr, & Singlehurst, 2010;King & Hunt, 2010), although studies of 'well' adolescents are absent.…”

Changes in Parents’ Time Use and Its Relationship to Child Obesity

“…Time is regarded as a resource that everyone uses every hour of every day, but the occupations people choose depend on the constraints of the individual and on the social and physical environment (Ellegård, 1999). Previous research has shown that the amount of time spent in shared patterns of daily occupations among cohabitating parents of children aged 4-6 years old with obesity differ with regard to the amount of time spent together in the family (Orban, Ellegård, Thorngren-Jerneck, & Erlandsson, 2012). Some parents in the study had non-parallel patterns, i.e., they seldom or never participated in occupations together with their children at the same time, while in other families, the parents spent time with their children simultaneously in daily routines such as having meals, playing and self-care.…”