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Therapy Episodes (therapy + episode)

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Medical Sciences75%

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Cost drivers of public hospital occupational therapy outpatient care

AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY JOURNAL, Issue 4 2001
Karen Grimmer
This study examined the associations between various patient-related, demographic and episode-based factors, and the length of time associated with completed episodes of outpatient (ambulatory) occupational therapy care. Data were provided over a 10-month period by eight public hospitals in three Australian states. An episode described occupational therapy outpatient management for one patient with one condition, and consisted of start and finish dates, and all the occasions of service in between. The median value of the total patient-attributable time of an occupational therapy episode of care was 70 min. Factors that were strongly associated with long occupational therapy episodes were age, communication issues and hospital location (metropolitan or country). This study provides the basis for future investigations into the costs of providing ,best practice' occupational therapy outpatient services. [source]

CONTEXTUAL ASSESSMENT OF COUPLES THERAPY: THE CLINICAL DISCOURSE Q-SETS

JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY, Issue 4 2002
Steven M. Kogan
This article describes a method for creating highly contextual assessments of couples therapy interaction using concepts from Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). According to SFL, talk in interaction serves three primary functions: to mediate social relations, to negotiate representations of reality, and to organize and structure the event as coherent. These concepts are operationalized using observational q-methodology. The Clinical Discourse Q-Sets (CDQS) include three separate q-sets for use by trained observers in rating 12-min segments of couples therapy conversation. Each q-set captures one aspect of the communication process as defined by Systemic Functional theory. Good-to-high reliabilities for the q-set profiles over various (n=16) couples therapy episodes were found. Preliminary evidence for the conceptual structure and clinical validity of the system was found. [source]

Four Years Later: Clara Revisited

PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE, Issue 1 2000
Judy A. Glaister MSN
topic. The use of art therapy to treat post-traumatic response. purpose. To demonstrate through the use of a case presentation ways in which art therapy can be used to facilitate healing from post-traumatic response. source The author's own clinical work. conclusions. The healing process for individuals experiencing post-traumatic response does not end with the formal termination of therapy. It may need to be supplemented with support and follow-up, short-term therapy episodes. Healing can be facilitated by art therapy, which provides a useful medium for identifying and exploring changes in self-concept, behaviors, and feelings. [source]

Cost drivers of public hospital occupational therapy outpatient care

AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY JOURNAL, Issue 4 2001
Karen Grimmer
This study examined the associations between various patient-related, demographic and episode-based factors, and the length of time associated with completed episodes of outpatient (ambulatory) occupational therapy care. Data were provided over a 10-month period by eight public hospitals in three Australian states. An episode described occupational therapy outpatient management for one patient with one condition, and consisted of start and finish dates, and all the occasions of service in between. The median value of the total patient-attributable time of an occupational therapy episode of care was 70 min. Factors that were strongly associated with long occupational therapy episodes were age, communication issues and hospital location (metropolitan or country). This study provides the basis for future investigations into the costs of providing ,best practice' occupational therapy outpatient services. [source]