Left-handed graduate students: difficulties found and proposals presented to daily life activities
This research aimed to identify, through the application of questionnaires, the daily difficulties of left-handed college students and to list their proposals to solve the problems found. One hundred thirty-eight left-handed students participated in the study. They answered a questionnaire composed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/862 |
| Summary: | This research aimed to identify, through the application of questionnaires, the daily difficulties of left-handed college students and to list their proposals to solve the problems found. One hundred thirty-eight left-handed students participated in the study. They answered a questionnaire composed of eight essay questions and five alternative questions which included information on laterality, school, labor and daily life activities, and
on suggestions to improve their activities. It was verified that the main difficulties reported by left-handed college students on daily life, work, and school environment are opening cans, bad arrangement of objects in space, and inadequacy of school desks, respectively. Aiming to improve the performance of their activities within these three aspects, the most cited suggestions are related to improvement/availability of left-handed adapted desks and development of objects adapted to this group. The study shows data on difficulties and coherent suggestions, and
the advances proposed are of easy solution and great value for such population. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-4931 2238-2860 |