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Supporting patients and family caregivers in end-of-life care decision-making from the perspective of healthcare professionals in palliative care
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2025)Healthcare professionals in specialist palliative care have a key role in conducting end-of-life care discussions with patients and their family caregivers. However, what enables or restricts healthcare professionals in ... -
Self-management interventions for cancer survivors: a systematic review
(2018)Purpose: Many cancer survivors experience problems with persisting symptoms such as pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression post-treatment. Self-management interventions are recommended for cancer patients as they can help ... -
Balancing purity, pragmatism and partnership in occupational therapy clinical research: trials and tribulations of recruiting for a multisite stroke trial
(2025)Purpose – The REfLECTS trial was a randomised controlled trial (RCT) testing effectiveness of mirror box therapy in upper limb rehabilitation among sub-acute stroke patients. REfLECTS was a large-scale, rigorously planned ... -
A Comparative Evaluation of Two Delivery Methods for a Work Focused Fatigue Management Intervention for Individuals with Inflammatory Arthritis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2025)ABSTRACT Background: Inflammatory Arthritis (IA) often leads to early work disability, impacting employment and causing socio-economic challenges. Fatigue is a major symptom that affects productivity and increases ... -
Complex Trauma in Childhood: Informing Occupational Therapy Practice
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2025)Background: There is a dearth of evidence available to support occupational therapy practice with children experiencing complex trauma. No occupational therapy-specific guidelines exist. The occupational experiences of ... -
A Qualitative Exploration of Living with and Managing Post COVID-19 Condition
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2025)Background: Post COVID-19 condition, or long COVID, has been largely studied via quantitative assessments, focusing on symptom prevalence and severity. However, limited research has explored how individuals experience the ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Autistic Graduate Women in Navigating the World of Work
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)International research highlights poor prospects for autistic individuals in gaining and maintaining work (Baldwin et al., 2014; Harvery et al., 2021; Hendricks, 2010; Maslahati et al., 2022; Scott et al., 2019). Participation ... -
INCOT: Irish Neonatal Care in Occupational Therapy Study: The Development of an Occupational Therapy Intervention for Neonatal Units in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: Occupational therapists (OTs) play an important role in neonatal units internationally. This is a growing area of practice in Ireland, but it is not yet part of the standard of care in all neonatal units. ... -
Mutual Support Between Patients and Family Caregivers in Palliative Care
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: Palliative care is an interdisciplinary care approach to improve quality of life and alleviate symptom distress for people living with life-limiting conditions and their families. A systematic review conducted ... -
Palliative care healthcare professionals' perspective on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity Act) 2015 in Ireland
(2024)Objectives: People receiving end-of-life care often require assistance with decision-making. We aimed to ascertain from the perspective of palliative care healthcare professionals in Ireland, the impact of the Assisted ... -
Parent-Infant Sleep as Co-Occupation: A Meta-Ethnography of Parent Experiences and Perspectives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Sleep is a key component of health and wellbeing for both adults and infants and has implications for daytime functioning and quality of life. Infants' sleep patterns in the first two years involve unpredictable, short ... -
Measuring Successes of Social Prescribing
(2023)Social prescribing is a referral mechanism which connects people to non-medical, community and social based activities, which aim to empower an individual to take control of and manage their health and wellbeing (Husk et ... -
Refining the psychometric properties of the Trinity Student Profile - A self-report measure of occupational performance difficulties within the student role in higher education.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: The Trinity Student Profile (TSP) is a self-report measure of occupational performance difficulties within the university student role and is based on the Person-Environment-Occupation Model. The tool was ... -
Supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in specialist palliative care: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators
(2024)Objectives: Patients with advanced illness and their family caregivers can be mutually supportive. However, what facilitates and/or restricts supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in palliative ... -
Outcomes of a fatigue management intervention for people with post COVID-19 condition.
(2024)Objective Fatigue is identified as one of the most prevalent and persistent problems reported by people with post COVID-19 condition that negatively impacts on everyday living and resumption of pre-COVID-19 lifestyle. A ... -
Feasibility of OptiMaL, a Self-Management Programme for Oesophageal Cancer Survivors
(2023)Introduction: There is limited availability of self-management interventions for oesophageal cancer survivors at present. This study examined the feasibility of OptiMal, a six-week, self-management programme to improve ... -
A stakeholders perspective on the 'kickstart to recovery' football programme in a community mental health service
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Introduction: One in four Irish people will experience mental health difficulties. Those with mental illness often don t receive best practice physical healthcare due to the division between service areas in Ireland and ... -
The development and feasibility of the occupational therapy-led `Work and Cancer' intervention for women living with and beyond breast cancer
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Background: Increased survivorship has prompted focus on optimising quality of life for those living with and beyond cancer, including reintegration into work. Despite frequently cited return-to-work barriers for women ...
