Home assessment is an important part of occupational therapy intervention. It can help improve patients' quality of life in many ways: lower the risk of falls, improve their self-dependence, increase participation etc. Despite that, there is little information about home assessment in Czech literature. There is no overview of home assessment tools nor any study summarizing information about current home assessment practice. The main goal of this thesis was to explore home assessment and home visit practice in the Czech republic using a questionaire-based survey among Czech occupational therapists. The results were to be compared to data gathered from foreign respondents. Theoretical part discusses the topic of the thesis iand presents information on home assessment tools. Chosen ones are described in detail (Cougar, WeHSA, Housing Enabler, SEMAFOR home). Practical part summarizes the results of the questionaire using tables, graphs and statistical analysis. Data from 144 Czech and 135 foreign respondents was gathered and analysed. Research hypotheses were that the majority of Czech occupational therapists don't do home visits and don't evaluate home environment using existing home assessment tools. Furthermore, foreign occupational therapists were expected to perform home visits and use existing...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:383821 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Rohlenová, Eva |
| Contributors | Rodová, Zuzana, Krulová, Anna |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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