OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RESEARCH GROUP

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1 College of Social & Health Science School of Exercise & Health Sciences OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RESEARCH GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2004 Current Members Julia Bowman Ros Bye Dr Catherine Cook Prof. Anne Cusick Natasha Lannin* Dr Annie McCluskey Iona Novak * Nicole Sharp * Cathy Tannous Lee Zakrzewski * Higher Degree Students

2 Summary of 2004 Achievements Member Achievements EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS Ongoing PUBLICATIONS Published (peer reviewed) In press (accepted - peer reviewed journal) Submitted for peer review Research reports for external funding agencies STAFF HIGHER DEGREE COMPLETIONS PhD Masters HONOURS STUDENTS COMPLETIONS Submission in November each year 5 5 RESEARCH-BASED PRESENTATIONS Total conference papers/ posters RESEARCH-BASED WORKSHOPS Not reported 14 RESEARCH-BASED KEYNOTE ADDRESSESS 0 5 OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 2

3 RESEARCH INCOME (External & Internal) 1. EXTERNAL GRANT SUBMISSIONS (Ongoing) Investigator: Dr Catherine Cook & Dr Annie McCluskey Project: Increasing the use of outcome measures by occupational therapists Funded by: Motor Accidents Authority of NSW. Years: Total: $20,000 Investigators: McKenna, Bennett.* McCluskey, Strong* & Tooth* (* University of Qld) Project: Development of an occupational therapy evidence database: OTseeker Funded by: Motor Accidents Authority of NSW. Years: Total: $166,000 concluding Oct 2004(shared between collaborating institutions) Investigators: McKenna*, Bennett.* Hoffmann*, McCluskey, Tooth & Strong* (* University of Qld) Project: Expansion of an occupational therapy evidence database: OTseeker Funded by: Motor Accidents Authority of NSW. Years: Total: $100,174 (shared between collaborating institutions) Investigators: McKenna, Bennett.* McCluskey, Strong* & Tooth* (* University of Qld) Project: Development of an occupational therapy evidence database: OTseeker Funded by : OT Australia Total $24,000 ( ) 2. EXTERNAL GRANT SUBMISSIONS (Pending) Nil. 3. EXTERNAL GRANT SUBMISSIONS (Unsuccessful ) Nil. 4. INTERNAL GRANT SUBMISSIONS (Successful applications) Institutional Grant Scheme (School of Exercise & Health Sciences) Julia Bowman $2000 for Research Infrastructure to employ research assistant for literature searching, obtaining hard copies, and data entry into Endnote towards PhD proposal (Oct 2003) Rosalind Bye $3000 for Research Infrastructure to employ casual academic (teaching release) to enable PhD completion Dr Annie McCluskey $3,000 for Research Infrastructure Travel costs for home based handwriting training sessions and data collection. Honours project with potential for external funding in Dr Catherine Cook $2000 for Research Infrastructure to employ research assistant for literature searching for new research project (Aug 2004) Lee Zakrzewski $3,000 Research Infrastructure to employ transcription typist, research interviews for PhD study $800 University of Sydney, Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, Research infrastructure OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 3

4 PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed) 1. Lowe, K.G., & Boyce, J.M #. (2004). Rehabilitation of a child with meningococcal septicemia and quadrilateral limb loss: A case report. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85(8), # Joanne Boyce was employed at UWS until early Cook, C., Burgess-Limerick, R., & Papalia, S. (2004). The effect of wrist rests and forearm support during keyboard and mouse use. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 33(5), Cook, C., Burgess-Limerick, R. (2004). The effect of forearm support on musculoskeletal discomfort during call centre work. Applied Ergonomics, 35(4), Cook, C., Burgess-Limerick, R., & Papalia, S. (2004). The effect of upper extremity support on upper extremity posture and muscle activity during keyboard use. Applied Ergonomics, 35(3), Cusick, A. & Adamson, L. (2004). Professional accreditation of occupational therapy educational programs: A bright or embattled future? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal,51, Cusick, A., & Lannin, N. (2004). Constructions of allied health: Making considered choices. In G. Whiteford. & V. St Clair. (Eds). Contexts of occupational therapy ( pp ). Melbourne: Elsevier Science. 7. Cusick, A. McIntosh, D., & Santiago, L. (2004). New graduates in occupational therapy acute care: Problems and strategies. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, (Science direct electronic early publication) 8. McCluskey, A., & Jongbloed, L. (2003). While home-based therapy may be more convenient for patients with brain impairment, therapists need to be creative with space, equipment and practice. [Critically Appraised Paper]. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 50(4), Lannin, N.A. (2004). Reliability, validity and factor structure of the upper limb subscale of the Motor Assessment Scale in adults following stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 26(2), Lannin, N.A. & Brintnell, S. (2004). Back injury prevention training and back belts did not prevent low back pain in the workplace [Critically Appraised Paper]. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 5, : Lannin N.A, Herbert R. (2004). Is hand splinting effective for adults following stroke? A systematic review and methodological critique of published research. Clinical Rehabilitation, 17(8), McKenna, K., Bennett, S., Hoffmann, T., McCluskey, A., Strong, J., Tooth, L. (2004). OTseeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Review of Evidence): Enhancing the uptake of evidence by occupational therapists. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 51(2), PUBLICATIONS (Non-Peer Reviewed) McCluskey, A. (February 2004). Care decision-making and care management after traumatic brain injury [Final Report]. A project funded by the Motor Accidents Authority of NSW and University of Western Sydney. Penrith South, NSW: University of Western Sydney. ISBN McCluskey, A. (May 2004). Increasing the use of research evidence by occupational therapists [Final Report]. Penrith South, NSW: School of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney. ISBN X OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 4

5 McKenna, K., Bennett, S., McCluskey, A., Strong, J., & Tooth, L (November 2004). Development of an occupational therapy evidence database: OTseeker. [Final report]. Brisbane, Queensland: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland. In Press 1. Cusick, A. (in press). Organizational development facilitates regulation compliance. Leadership and Organizational Development Journal. 2. Cusick, A., Vasquez, M., Knowles, L., & Wallen, M. (in press) Effect of rater training on reliability of Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function Scores, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 3. Lannin NA, Clark K, Scheinberg A. (in press). New South Wales therapy practices for children with cerebral palsy who have received botulinum toxin Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 4. McCluskey, A. (in press). New graduates: Experts in evidence-based practice [Invited Editorial]. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 51(4),XXX. 5. Bennett, S., McKenna, K., Hoffmann, T., McCluskey, A., Tooth, L., & Strong, J., (in press). In search of evidence for occupational therapy: A new tool [Editorial]. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.. 6. Tooth, L., Bennett, S., Hoffmann, T., McCluskey, A., McKenna, K., & Lovarini, M. (In press). Appraising the quality of randomized controlled trials: Inter-rater reliability for the OTseeker evidence database. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Submitted for Review in Bowman, J. (submitted for review, October 2004). Identifying core occupational therapy interventions: The challenging first stage of outcome measurement. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2. Novak, I., Cusick, A., & Lowe, K. (Submitted). Standardized occupational therapy home programs for children with cerebral palsy achieve therapeutic outcomes. 3. Lowe, K., Novak, I., & Cusick, A. (Submitted). Localised injection of Botulinum Toxin A using EMG and stimulation improves quality of upper limb movement and function in young children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a randomised controlled trial. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 4. Cusick, A., McIntyre, S., Novak, I., & Lowe, K. (Resubmitted). Evaluating family centered programs: A comparison of Goal Attainment Scaling and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. 5. Lannin, N.A. & Cusick A. (submitted for review, October 2004). Factors affecting patient recruitment in an acute rehabilitation randomised controlled trial. 6. Lannin, N.A., & Hennessy M.A. (submitted for review, August 2004). Multidisciplinary screening of cognitive impairment following acquired brain impairment. Is there repetition? 7. McCluskey, A. (Research book chapter, submitted for review). Managing change and barriers to evidence-based practice. In G. Kielhofner (Ed.). Scholarship in occupational therapy: Methods of inquiry for enhancing practice. Philadelphia. F.A. Davis. OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 5

6 8. McCluskey, A., Lovarini, M., Bennett, S., McKenna, K., Tooth, L., & Hoffmann, T. (submitted for review, September 2004). The quantity and quality of evidence on injury prevention and management: An analysis of the OTseeker database 9. Thorpe, K., & Lannin N.A. (submitted for review, December 2003). Evidence in support of the Movement Science approach to retraining upper extremity dysfunction after stroke.. JOURNAL REVIEWERS (1) Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy Rosalind Bye, Prof Anne Cusick ; Natasha Lannin; Dr Annie McCluskey, Lee Zakrzewski (2) Clinical Rehabilitation: Natasha Lannin (3) Australian Journal of Physiotherapy: Dr Annie McCluskey (4) Disability and Rehabilitation: Natasha Lannin. EXTERNAL GRANT REVIEWERS NHMRC : Prof. Anne Cusick Motor Accidents Authority: Dr Annie McCluskey Northern Sydney Area Health Service: Dr Annie McCluskey EDITORIAL COMMITTEE MEMBER Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy (New Department: Critically Appraised Papers) Dr Annie McCluskey, Natasha Lannin World Federation of Occupational Therapists, International Congress Scientific Planning Committee (Conference Sydney 2006): Dr Catherine Cook 2004 HIGHER RESEARCH DEGREE COMPLETIONS (Staff) PhD: Annie McCluskey, UWS (graduated Sept 2004) MEMBERS ENGAGED IN HIGHER RESEARCH DEGREES 2004 Julia Bowman - Will commence PhD at UWS in 2005 Ros Bye, PhD, (part-time) Univ of Sydney - Due for submission late 04 Natasha Lannin, PhD (full-time) UWS. - Due for submission mid 2005 Iona Novak, Masters research (part-time), UWS - Thesis submitted mid 2004 Nicole Sharp, PhD (full-time), UWS - Commenced 2004 Cathy Tannous, masters research (part-time), Univ of Sydney - Submitted for examination Nov 2004 Lee Zakrzewski, professional doctorate (part-time), Univ of Sydney - Due for submission late 2005 OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 6

7 UNDERGRADUATE HONOURS STUDENTS 2003 (n=5) Ros Bye: Nicole Sharp: Returning to high school post-adolescent acquired brain injury Jacqui Keys: Friendship and social networks post-adolescent acquired brain injury Catherine Cook/Julia Bowman Lisa Downes: "Long-Term Effects of Forearm Support: Intensive Computer Users at Conventional Desks." Annie McCluskey Lauren Thompson: A typology of occupational therapists engaging in evidence-based practice Sally Home: The process of becoming an evidence-based occupational therapist: A grounded theory 2004 (n=5) Ros Bye (in conjunction with Liverpool Hospital Occupational Therapy Dept): Catherine McLeay: Approaches to discharge planning: Client or family focussed occupational therapists perspectives Kristen Elvery: Client factors impacting on discharge planning Jane Healey: Organisational factors impacting on discharge planning Catherine Cook/Julia Bowman Kathryne Thorpe: How to better prepare graduates for working in occupational rehabilitation: Occupational therapists perspectives Annie McCluskey Kathryn Faddy: Reliability of the Handwriting Assessment Battery for adults Marika Beaudet: Effectiveness of a two-week handwriting motor retraining program for adults with traumatic brain injury. KEYNOTE ADDRESSES (Research-Based) 1. Bowman, J. (2004). Keynote address: Outcomes in therapy. Strengths to Outcomes conference, The Spastic Centre. Cypress Lakes Resort, Hunter Valley, NSW, 2-3 November McCluskey, A. (2004). Keynote Address: The relationship between evidence-based occupational therapy, assessments and the measurement of client outcomes. International AMPS symposium, Advancing occupation-focussed and evidence-based OT, Adelaide, Australia, 3 August Novak, I. (2004). Keynote address: Seating and positioning: An interactive CD-ROM e-learning tool. International Seating Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 4 March Novak, I., Love, S. & Carroll, K. (2004). Keynote Workshop (x2). Spasticity Management: Botulinum toxin, intrathecal baclofen and selective dorsal rhizotomy. Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference, Melbourne, Vic: March Novak, I. (2004). Keynote workshop: Goal Attainment Scaling and its application for Therapy. Strengths to Outcomes conference, The Spastic Centre. Cypress Lakes Resort, Hunter Valley, NSW, 3 November 2004 OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 7

8 RESEARCH-BASED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Posters/ Papers) Julia Bowman Thorpe, K., Cook, C., & Bowman, J. (2004). How to better prepare our graduates for working in occupational rehabilitation: Therapists perspectives. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, October Downes, L., Cook, C.,& Bowman, J. (2004). Long-term effects of forearm support: Intensive computer users at conventional desks. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, October Ros Bye: Bye, R., & Llewellyn, G. (2004). Helping parents of adolescents with brain injury to re-start their child's life: The need for new models of care for adolescents and their families. Cell to Society Conference - University of Sydney Annual Conference for the College of Health, Sydney, NSW, 4 Nov 2004 Catherine Cook Thorpe, K., Cook, C., & Bowman, J. (2004). How to better prepare our graduates for working in occupational rehabilitation: Therapists perspectives. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, October Downes, L., Cook, C.,& Bowman, J. (2004). Long-term effects of forearm support: Intensive computer users at conventional desks. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, October Natasha Lannin Ada, L. & Lannin, N.A. (2004). Invited Presenters: Clinical trials- practical problems and some solutions. GMTT stroke unit training day, 22 September, 2004 Lannin, N.A. (2004). Invited Presenter: Approaches to the unanswered questions: new evidence & burning questions for occupational therapy Westmead Hospital Week, August. Lannin, N.A., Horsley S.A. & Herbert R. (2004). A randomised controlled trial of the effects of splinting the hand in a functional position after brain impairment. 8th International Physiotherapy Congress, Adelaide, SA, May McCluskey, A., Beaudet, M., Faddy, K., &Lannin, N. ( 2004). A study of adult handwriting retraining. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 21 October Turnbull, M., & Lannin, NA. (2004). Evaluating outcomes in outpatient stroke rehabilitation. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 21 October Annie McCluskey McCluskey, A., Beaudet, M., Faddy, K., &Lannin, N. ( 2004). A study of adult handwriting retraining. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 21 October Thompson, L., & McCluskey, A. (2004). Becoming an evidence-based practitioner: A typology of occupational therapists. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 20 October Bennett, S., & McCluskey, A. (2004). Invited presenters and participants (representing Australia): International Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy Conference, Washington DC, July OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 8

9 McCluskey, A. (2004). Reviewing the effectiveness, purpose and cost of using evidence in practice. LexisNexis Professional Development conference on personal injury for health, legal and insurance professionals, Brisbane, Qld, 29 April, McCluskey, A. (2004). Assessing care in personal injury claims: The insurance, rehabilitation and legal perspectives [Panel discussion]. LexisNexis Professional Development conference on personal injury for health, legal and insurance professionals, Brisbane, Qld, 29 April, Iona Novak Novak, I. (2004). Home program intervention is effective for children with cerebral palsy. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 20 October Novak, I. (2004). Seating and positioning: An interactive CD-ROM e-learning tool. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 20 October Novak, I. (2004). Home program intervention is effective for children with cerebral palsy. Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference, Melbourne Vic: 20 March Novak, I. (2003). Home program intervention is effective for children with cerebral palsy. National Paediatric Occupational Therapy Conference Australian Occupational Therapy Association, Brisbane, Qld: 1 November Cathy Tannous Tannous, C., & Llewellyn, G. (2004). Conditional client choice-making: Occupational therapists perspectives. Paper presented at the OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 20 October Tannous, C., & Llewellyn, G. (2004). Conditional client choice-making: Understanding the contextual barriers to choice-making by adults with intellectual disability and high support needs. Paper presented at the 39th National Conference of the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability, Adelaide, South Australia, 9-12 th November Lee Zakrzewski Zakrzewski, L. (2003) Experience of occupational therapy fieldwork supervisors in the evaluation of student performance. Paper presented at the School of Physiotherapy Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of Sydney, Sydney, December, Zakrzewski, L. (2004) Fieldwork supervision and the evaluation of student performance. Invited presentation at the Dept. of Occupational Therapy, School of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Manitoba, Canada. June, RESEARCH-BASED WORKSHOPS (Presented) Bowman, J. (2004). Moving from goals and objectives to indicators and outcomes. Workshops (n=3) presented to professionals at Canterbury Hospital, Concord Hospital and Macarthur Cancer Therapy, Sydney (Feb-June 2004). Cook, C., McCluskey, A., & Bowman, J. (2004). Increasing the use of outcome measures by occupational therapists. 1-day workshop conducted in conjunction with the Motor Accidents Authority of NSW, Sydney, NSW. 5 th and 12 th Nov 2004 Lannin, N. (2004). Management of hypertonicity I the upper limb post-stroke. Workshop (1 day) for OT Australia (NSW), Ryde, 20 November OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 9

10 Lannin, N. (2003). Understanding statistics: How to Interpret the Results Section of a Quantitative Research Article. Workshop for OT Australia (NSW), Ryde, 6 November McCluskey, A., & Lovarini, M. (2004). Interpreting articles on assessments, screening instruments and outcome measures. Workshop (3 hrs) for OT-Australia, NSW, Sydney, 26 February McCluskey, A., & Schurr, K. (2004). How effective are current treatments aimed at improving movement performance following stroke?. National videoconference, OT-Australia- Victoria, May Lowe, K.,. Novak, I., & Cusick, A (2004). Upper limb botulinum toxin efficacy and the role of the occupational therapist. OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 20 October Novak, I. (2004). Development of NSW cerebral palsy register. Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference, Melbourne, Vic: 19 March Lowe, K., Novak, I., & Cusick, A (2004). Upper limb botulinum toxin efficacy and research trends. Mater Childrens Hospital Brisbane (Invited speaker), Brisbane, Qld: 15 April Novak, I. (2004). Goal Attainment Scaling. Mater Childrens Hospital Brisbane (Invited speaker), Brisbane, Qld: 16 April and Cerebral Palsy League (Invited speaker), Brisbane, Qld: 6 July Novak, I. (2004). Building clinician research in a not-for- profit environment. Cerebral Palsy League (Invited speaker), Brisbane, Qld: 5 July Sharp, N. (May, 2004). Completing critically appraised topics/papers. [Inaugural meeting]. Southern Highlands Occupational Therapy (SHOT) Journal Club, Bowral, NSW. Sharp, N. (October, 2004). The evidence-based practice process: Teaching occupational therapists to use research through a journal club. Southern Highlands Occupational Therapy (SHOT) Journal Club, Bowral, NSW. Zakrzewski, L., Adamson, L., Barbara, A., de Clercq, L. (2004) Education transformations: A common Fieldwork evaluation tool for NSW. Workshop presented at OT Australia NSW State Conference, Brighton Le Sands, Sydney, NSW, 22 October RESEARCH EDUCATION Catherine Cook Research Supervisors Training, College of Social & Health Sciences, UWS (November 2004) Julia Bowman Statistical methods for research workers, University of NSW, School of Mathematics, Sydney, 27 July 7 September 2004 (14 hrs) Endnote workshop, UWS. Presented by Pamela Squire, 22 Sept 2004 Interpreting articles on assessments, outcome measures, and screening instruments, OT-Australia-NSW> Presented by Annie McCluskey and Meryl Lovarini, 26 February Research & Evaluation II (Year 4 occupational therapy undergraduate unit, UWS). Attendance at lectures and tutorials, March-May Natasha Lannin: Epidemiology: cost and outcomes research seminar. Assistant Professor David Veenstra, University of Washington, webcast (September 2004). Annie McCluskey: Research Supervisors Training, College of Social & Health Sciences, UWS (November 2004) Understanding statistics: How to Interpret the Results Section of a Quantitative Research Article. Workshop for OT Australia (NSW), Ryde, presented by Natasha Lannin, 6 November OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 10

11 Iona Novak Introduction to Qualitative Research ASPRI Winter School, University of QLD, (June 2004) Nicole Sharp Developing research proposals workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (April 2004) Preparing abstracts for conferences workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (May 2004) Microsoft Word for thesis writing workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (May 2004) Media training workshop, Centre for Complementary Medicine, UWS (May & June 2004) EndNote training, Library Education and Training, UWS (June 2004) Beginning the literature review workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (June 2004) Giving an effective presentation workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (June 2004) SPSS workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (July 2004) Project management skills workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (July 2004) Becoming a thesis writer workshop, Office of Research Services, UWS (August 2004) Lee Zakrzewski Higher research degree students training program 18, 19, 20 March Higher research degree students training program 9, 10, 11 September OT Research Group Annual Report, Nov Nov 2004 Page 11