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First of all , an apology from the BJOT Managing Editor . When we came to write this summary of our monthly issue , we realised that we had , last month , skipped ahead giving you a sneak peek of the July issue !
We apologise if this led to any confusion and will bring you up to date now with what you might have missed in June .
The issue begins with a very important leading editorial : ‘ Economic evaluation of occupational therapy services : guidance and opportunities ’ by Weatherly and Davies . Their piece highlights that , despite ‘ what is the costeffectiveness of occupational therapy services ’ being a key research priority for RCOT , recent research has included few or none of the necessary cost-effectiveness studies to aid in occupational therapy decision-making .
Following on from this is a systematic review from Joveini et al , ‘ Persian participation measures for adolescents ’. This systematic review was completed to identify Persian adolescents ’ participation measures and critically appraise them .
There may be a growing need for adapting existing Persian measures or developing new ones based on specific age features related to puberty-stage alongside cultural , social and academic demands , which have a significant effect on adolescents ’ participation in meaningful occupations .
Jeffery et al present ‘ Sources of evidence for professional decision-making in novice occupational therapy practitioners : clinicians ’ perspectives ’. This study explores strategies experienced occupational therapy supervisors use to encourage novices to be evidence based , and how these might be enhanced .
Experienced therapists and educators can support evidence-based practice in novices by prompting questioning and developing systems supportive of scanning for evidence in each area .
In ‘ Current clinical practice in 24-hour postural management and the impact on carers and service users with severe neurodisability ’, Stinson et al investigate the use of 24-hour postural management by occupational therapists and to explore its impact on service users with neurodisability and their carers .
The overarching theme from focus groups was ‘ reliance on individualised equipment ’, with frustration from lack of support , loss of identity , equipment cost , insufficient focus on preventative strategies and accessibility issues .
Xu et al published a feasibility study : ‘ Stepping On after Stroke falls-prevention programme for community stroke survivors in Singapore ’, testing the acceptability and feasibility of the Stepping On after Stroke programme in Singapore .
Stroke participants demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in community participation at one month post-intervention and the programme appears feasible and acceptable to therapists and service users in Singapore ; however , caregivers ’ participation was limited .
Moving on , Fischl et al , in their article ‘ Measurement of older adults ’ performance in digital technology-mediated occupations and management of digital technology ’, investigate how older adults ’ ability to perform digital technology-mediated occupations and ability to manage digital technology could be measured and to examine the association between these two abilities .
The final article in the issue , ‘ Exploring preferred and actual lighting levels for reading for adults with visual impairment at a center for the blind ’, by Nastasi , gathered reading acuity level and lighting preferences for reading for 18 adults with visual impairment in a mixedmethods study .
Adults with visual impairment preferred increased levels of lighting for reading . As desired levels varied across participants , recommending customized lighting for each individual is optimal .
This column brings you up to date with the June issue of the British Journal of occupational Therapy , as last month ’ s issue inadvertently carried a summary of the July issue .
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