Understanding decision-making towards housework among women with upper limb repetitive strain injury.
Aust Occup Ther J
; 63(1): 37-46, 2016 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Among women with upper limb repetitive strain injury (RSI), occupational therapy interventions include education to facilitate ergonomic practices in housework. From a client-centred perspective, an understanding of women's decision-making about housework is needed to design effective occupational therapy programmes. This study addresses a gap in research in this area by exploring women's views about changing housework habits.AIM:
The aim was to construct a conceptual representation to explain decision-making in housework by drawing on experiences of a sample of Singapore Chinese women with upper limb RSI from one hand therapy clinic.METHODS:
Based on a constructivist grounded theory methodology, data were collected through in-depth interviewing with 15 women. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Data were analysed with line by line coding, focussed coding and axial coding with constant comparison throughout data collection.RESULTS:
Decision-making in housework among these women involved three main themes (i) emotional attachment to housework; (ii) cognitively informed decision; and (iii) emotionally influenced decision. Women with upper limb RSI had to make cognitive decisions for or against a change in housework to manage their condition. However, the women's cognitively informed decisions were shaped by their emotional attachment to housework. As such, they experienced strong emotional barriers to changing their housework practices even when they had cognitively accepted the necessity and possibility of making a change.CONCLUSIONS:
Therapists need to be aware that counselling to address the emotional barriers experienced by women is important during ergonomic education.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Mujeres
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Trastornos de Traumas Acumulados
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Terapia Ocupacional
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Atención Dirigida al Paciente
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Tareas del Hogar
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Aust Occup Ther J
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Singapur