A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa

Background: The implementation of the South African Mental Health Care Act, which regulates care for clients with intellectual disabilities, impacted on the healthcare services provided to this population. Changes in the Act necessitated planning of new care packages, which resulted in the investiga...

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Main Authors: Janine van der Linde, Daleen Casteleijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2016-09-01
Series:Curationis
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Online Access:https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1665
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spelling doaj-38f26a6f85124fb0b6da477c918c816c2020-11-24T23:37:46ZengAOSISCurationis0379-85772223-62792016-09-01391e1e1010.4102/curationis.v39i1.16651316A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South AfricaJanine van der Linde0Daleen Casteleijn1School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of the WitwatersrandBackground: The implementation of the South African Mental Health Care Act, which regulates care for clients with intellectual disabilities, impacted on the healthcare services provided to this population. Changes in the Act necessitated planning of new care packages, which resulted in the investigation of the current hospital client profile, as well as assessment data on patient abilities according to the occupational therapist and nursing staff as primary caregivers. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive correlation study design was used as information was analysed from an existing database. Descriptive analysis of clients’ demographic data, occupational performance and adaptive functioning were done, as well as a Spearman’s rank correlation test and cluster analysis to describe the association between the levels of functioning as measured by the different professions. Results: The results indicated low levels of abilities, as well as a good to excellent correlation between results of the Fairview self-help scale and Creative Participation Assessment. Conclusion: This study provided preliminary evidence that these two tools are valuable instruments for measuring occupational performance and adaptive functioning in institutions that provide care for this vulnerable and under-researched population.https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1665Intellectual disabilityOccupational therapyNursingVona du Toit Model of Creative abilityFairview self-help scaleCreative Participation Assessment
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Daleen Casteleijn
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A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa
Curationis
Intellectual disability
Occupational therapy
Nursing
Vona du Toit Model of Creative ability
Fairview self-help scale
Creative Participation Assessment
author_facet Janine van der Linde
Daleen Casteleijn
author_sort Janine van der Linde
title A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa
title_short A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa
title_full A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa
title_fullStr A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in South Africa
title_sort comparison of two assessments of levels of functioning in clients with intellectual disability between occupational therapists and nursing staff within a long-term mental healthcare facility in south africa
publisher AOSIS
series Curationis
issn 0379-8577
2223-6279
publishDate 2016-09-01
description Background: The implementation of the South African Mental Health Care Act, which regulates care for clients with intellectual disabilities, impacted on the healthcare services provided to this population. Changes in the Act necessitated planning of new care packages, which resulted in the investigation of the current hospital client profile, as well as assessment data on patient abilities according to the occupational therapist and nursing staff as primary caregivers. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive correlation study design was used as information was analysed from an existing database. Descriptive analysis of clients’ demographic data, occupational performance and adaptive functioning were done, as well as a Spearman’s rank correlation test and cluster analysis to describe the association between the levels of functioning as measured by the different professions. Results: The results indicated low levels of abilities, as well as a good to excellent correlation between results of the Fairview self-help scale and Creative Participation Assessment. Conclusion: This study provided preliminary evidence that these two tools are valuable instruments for measuring occupational performance and adaptive functioning in institutions that provide care for this vulnerable and under-researched population.
topic Intellectual disability
Occupational therapy
Nursing
Vona du Toit Model of Creative ability
Fairview self-help scale
Creative Participation Assessment
url https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1665
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