Environmental effects in the performance of daily tasks of healthy adults
| Autor: | C.M. van Heugten, Chantal Geusgens, Jelle Jolles, E. Hagedoren, W.J.A. van den Heuvel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Science in Healthy Ageing & healthcaRE (SHARE), Clinical Child and Family Studies, LEARN! - Brain, learning and development, Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, Psychiatrie & Neuropsychologie, RS: FPN NPPP I |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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cognition Activities of daily living task performance and analysis NORMATIVE DATA medicine.medical_treatment behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology Task (project management) Occupational Therapy PROCESS SKILLS Memory medicine Humans Cognitive rehabilitation therapy Cooking Aged Aged 80 and over Rehabilitation Cognition COGNITIVE REHABILITATION Transfer of training OF-THE-LITERATURE Facilitation Normative Female Health Services Research Psychology activities of daily living MOTOR environment transfer (psychology) psychological phenomena and processes Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | American journal of occupational therapy, 64(6), 935-940 American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(6), 935-940. American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc Geusgens, C A, van Heugten, C M, Hagedoren, E, Jolles, J & van den Heuvel, W J 2010, ' Environmental effects in the performance of daily tasks in healthy adults ', American Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 935-940 . https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2010.07171 |
| ISSN: | 0272-9490 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE. We examined the effect of switching from a familiar to an unfamiliar setting on household task performance in healthy adults. We also examined the influence of the cognitive functions abstract reasoning and memory on the ability to adapt to different environments. METHOD. Thirty healthy adults were observed in two different settings while they performed two daily tasks. We evaluated process skill abilities in task performance, time needed to perform each task, memory functioning, and abstract reasoning. RESULTS. Performance of both tasks required significantly more time in the unfamiliar kitchen. Scores on process skill abilities were significantly lower in the unfamiliar kitchen. We found no associations between environmental effects and abstract reasoning or memory. CONCLUSION. We found environmental effects on task performance in healthy adults. These findings have important implications for rehabilitation practice. Addressing facilitation of transfer of training effects to familiar environments is of great importance to rehabilitation programs. |
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