Empowerment, self and engagement in day center occupations : a longitudinal study among people with long-term mental illness
(2019) In Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy 26(1). p.69-78- Abstract
Background: Day centers are a common form of mental health service internationally. They are aimed at enhancing occupational engagement and social relations, but there is a need to clarify the outcomes of day center programs, including the impact on important aspects of recovery such as empowerment. Aims: The aim of this study was to explore whether perceived empowerment changed over time among Swedish day center users and whether self-esteem, quality of life, socio-demographic data and self-reported diagnosis, type of program and level of engagement in day center occupations could predict future empowerment. Method: The study involved a re-analysis of longitudinal data from 14 day centers, where measures of perceived empowerment and... (More)
Background: Day centers are a common form of mental health service internationally. They are aimed at enhancing occupational engagement and social relations, but there is a need to clarify the outcomes of day center programs, including the impact on important aspects of recovery such as empowerment. Aims: The aim of this study was to explore whether perceived empowerment changed over time among Swedish day center users and whether self-esteem, quality of life, socio-demographic data and self-reported diagnosis, type of program and level of engagement in day center occupations could predict future empowerment. Method: The study involved a re-analysis of longitudinal data from 14 day centers, where measures of perceived empowerment and other individual factors were collected over a 15-month period. Non-parametric statistics were used, including Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test and logistic regression analysis. Results: There were no significant changes in day center attendee empowerment scores. Self-esteem and level of engagement in day center occupations were found to be predictors of empowerment, together explaining 34% of the variation. Conclusions: Developing empowerment in the day center context involves a complex interaction of individual, social and material factors. Potential barriers to empowerment are discussed along with considerations related to measuring empowerment as an outcome of day center programs.
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- Sutton, Daniel ; Bejerholm, Ulrika LU and Eklund, Mona LU
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- Day services, recovery, self-esteem
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- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
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- 26
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- 10 pages
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- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:85033500146
- pmid:29105535
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- 1103-8128
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- 10.1080/11038128.2017.1397742
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