Depression is a serious mental health illness and one of the most burdensome diseases to society. In fact, it is the most costly disease among mental illnesses in the United States (Murray & Lopez, 1997). The assessment of task performance is an important contribution provided by occupational therapists in the care of patients with depression. Such assessment can detect various difficulties experienced by patients. In older patients these difficulties are more complicated due to aging. Examples of difficulties may be failing to dress oneself, inability to take medication on time, and needing assistance in preparing a meal. Factors that underlie these difficulties might be age-related factors (e.g., cognitive and physical impairments), environment-related factors (e.g., novelty of the context in which the task was performed), or depression-related factors (e.g., negative symptoms associated with depression [e.g., loss of motivation]). The purpose of this dissertation is to determine difficulties in task performance experienced by older women with late life depression.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-06032008-133954 |
| Date | 15 July 2008 |
| Creators | Hamed, Razan |
| Contributors | Denise Chisholm, PhD, OTR/L, Elizabeth R. Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L, Joan C. Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, Richard Morycz, PhD, Margo B. Holm, PhD, OTR/L |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-06032008-133954/ |
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