title: The role of occupational therapy in rheumatoid arthritis management.
abstract: Occupational therapy has been defined as the science of eliciting adaptive responses characterised by prescription of purposeful activities that are goal-orientated to maximise independence and functional life skills in disability management. The scope of its intervention in the rehabilitation of rheumatoid arthritis is outlined with an overview of literature update on patient education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D014944:World Health Organization