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A Model of Behaviour Change in Housework for Women with Upper Limb Repetitive Strain Injury
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Therma, Cheung Wai Chun |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Upper limb repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a costly disease. Evidence indicates biomechanical risk in housework that contributes to this cluster of conditions among women. Although there is consistent evidence indicating the importance of conducting ergonomic education to monitor the mechanical exposures for better musculoskeletal health, there is limited research on understanding behaviour change in housework for women with upper limb RSI. Occupational therapy has an important role in facilitating behaviour change in housework for women with upper limb RSI, to minimise their exposure to biomechanical risk in housework through ergonomic education. In a hand therapy outpatient clinic in an acute hospital in Singapore, such education is usually conducted by therapists for women with upper limb RSI on a one-to-one basis; planning is based on the clinical experience of individual therapists rather than on a specific theory. The purpose of this thesis is to construct a model of behaviour change in housework for women with upper limb RSI, to guide the planning of such education within a hand therapy outpatient clinic in Singapore acute care hospital. Framed by a client-centred approach, a central philosophy of occupational therapy, which indicates the importance of ‘listening and communicating’ with clients at all stages of intervention and considering the importance of making therapists’ tacit knowledge explicit while planning an intervention, two grounded theory studies (Study I and Study II) adopting the constructivist approach outlined by Charmaz (2009a) were conducted to construct |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/11806/2014_Wai_Chun_Therma_Cheung_cp.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
