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PURPOSE: To investigate how individualised occupation-based interventions with
commonly available everyday technology (ET) can compensate for perceived
difficulties with daily life tasks after an aquired brain injury (ABI) and
improve satisfaction with occupational performance. METHOD: This intervention
study was designed as a multiple case study according to Yin. Ten men and women
with an ABI (traumatic or non-traumatic) participated. Data were collected
through interviews, observations and field notes before and after the
intervention and at follow-up (on average 11 weeks afterwards). The interventions
focused on enabling each participant's prioritised goals related to task
performance in daily life. RESULTS: All participants achieved all their goals by
learning to use both new functions in their own familiar ET and new ET. The
participant's perceived difficulties in occupational performance decreased and
their satisfaction with occupational performance increased with the use of ET.
CONCLUSIONS: An individualised intervention process, involving the use of own
familiar ET or ET off-the-shelf, has the potential to compensate for perceived
difficulties following an ABI and improve satisfaction with occupational
performance in daily life.

Langue : ANGLAIS