Empowerment, self and engagement in day center occupations : a longitudinal study among people with long-term mental illness
Sutton, Daniel ; Bejerholm, Ulrika LU and Eklund, Mona LU
(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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- 2019
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Day services, recovery, self-esteem
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- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- volume
- 26
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:85033500146
- pmid:29105535
- ISSN
- 1103-8128
- DOI
- 10.1080/11038128.2017.1397742
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- English
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- yes
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- c97e0559-1d51-4597-b716-edc0715cf1ed
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