The influence of assistive technology on occupational performance and satisfaction of leprosy patients with grade 2 disabilities.
We aimed to investigate the feasibility of assistive technology (AT) devices to improve leprosy patients' occupational performances and satisfaction.
This is a pretest-posttest design study. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure was used to assess the occupational performance and satisfaction of five leprosy participants with grade 2 disabilities before and after ten 45-minute interventions using assistive technology devices.
The data showed a statistically significant 7-point average improvement (p<0.05) in participants' post-intervention performance and satisfaction scores.
Assistive technology devices may be useful therapeutic tools to enhance autonomy/independence and satisfaction of leprosy patients with grade 2 disabilities.
Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Lucas da Silva
LD
Muniz
Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Irmara Géssica Santos
IG
Amaral
Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Thiago da Silva
TD
Dias
Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Jorge Lopes
JL
Rodrigues
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult