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The editorial team at BJOT would like to wish you all a Happy New Year , as we move into our 2021 volume .
Our January issue starts with looking to 2021 and further ahead , with a very interesting editorial from Dr Jo Watson on the RCOT Research Priorities .
Many of you will know that the Royal College of Occupational Therapists announced the Top 10 research priorities for occupational therapy in the UK in July 2020 , which can be found on the RCOT website . Jo discusses the methodology of how these were developed and goes into more detail on how they will be used going forwards in shaping research within the occupational therapy profession .
Ariza-Mateos et al , present a systematic review to evaluate the effects of internet-based interventions on physical and psychosocial outcomes in women with chronic pain . Online interventions have become increasingly important through 2020 and will likely remain so in the future .
The seven included papers described interventions such as online cognitive behavioural therapy , with some evidence that these may be useful for women with chronic pain , but trials showed a high risk of bias and therefore more evidence is needed before these can be considered an effective substitute for face-toface interventions .
We are also delighted to include a second systematic review in the January issue . Mohapatra and Kulnik investigate the effectiveness of kitchen-related , task-based occupational therapy interventions for improving clinical and functional outcomes in the rehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury , showing that there is currently limited evidence to support their widespread use . Continuing the January issue , Mitsunaga et al aimed to clarify factors associated with post-stroke depression in patients with acute stroke within two weeks of onset , with their data suggesting that increases in physical impairment severity are associated with increased post-stroke depression risks , concluding that rehabilitation professionals should focus on identifying post-stroke depression in early post-stroke stages .
Kaunnil et al , have conducted a mixed-methods study exploring perspectives and experiences with occupation-based practice among Thai occupational therapists .
Three major themes were identified : perspectives on occupation-based practice were related to practice areas and felt to strengthen the identity of occupational therapy , leading to improved services and better outcomes for clients ; approaches focused on activities of daily living were appropriate for crosspractice areas ; and occupation-based practice is consistent with integrated medical sciences and occupations for clients .
Our final article from Brown et al is a cross-sectional study , which investigated whether listening and communication skills are predictive of occupational therapy students ’ resilience ; 135 third- and fourth-year undergraduate occupational therapy students were involved in the study and components of listening and interpersonal communication were found to be significant predictors of resilience in occupational therapy students .
We would like to thank all of our 2020 authors and reviewers for their contributions to the journal . There have been significant challenges , but also wonderful successes , and we hope to build on this further in 2021 .
All articles are published online at the journal ’ s OnlineFirst page as soon as ready . Visit BJOT via your member login at www . rcot . co . uk to browse these and other recent publications in full ( please go via the RCOT website links to the journal ).
Recovering from COVID-19 : Post viral-fatigue and conserving energy
As the ‘ second wave ’ of the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold , and The guide is filled with practical tips for different activities of the infection rate across the UK is steadily rising , rehabilitation is daily living , including washing , cooking and shopping . increasingly becoming crucial for people recovering from the virus . These three guides are produced by the Critical Care Forum ,
RCOT has published three guides , endorsed by the Intensive Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section Care Society , to support people to manage post-viral fatigue and – Trauma and Musculoskeletal Health , in partnership with the conserve their energy .
Yorkshire Fatigue Clinic . How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19 : these Download the guide Practical advice for people who have two post-viral fatigue guides are designed for people who have been treated in hospital at : www . rcot . co . uk / how-manage-postviral-fatigue-after-covid-19 . been hospitalised and for people who have recovered at home . They are filled with practical advice to support people to gradually Download the guide Practical advice for people who have and safely resume their activities of daily living . recovered at home at : www . rcot . co . uk / how-manage-post-viralfatigue-after-covid-19-0 .
How to conserve your energy : The guide on conserving energy uses the ‘ three Ps principle ’ ( pace , plan , prioritise ) to
Download the guide Practical advice for people during support people to conserve their energy as they go about their and after having COVID-19 at : www . rcot . co . uk / conservingenergy daily tasks , so they have more energy throughout the day . .
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