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Rehabilitation for obese patients A role for occupational therapists?
Christensen, Jeanette Reffstrup; Jensen, Ann Bæk; Larsen, Anette Enemark; Ilvig, Pia; Lee, Kim; Jessen-Winge, Christina
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2021
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Christensen, J. R., Jensen, A. B., Larsen, A. E., Ilvig, P., Lee, K., & Jessen-Winge, C. (2021). Rehabilitation for obese patients: A role for occupational therapists?. Abstract from Rehabilitation World Congress:, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Rehabilitation International World Congress 2021 7 – 9 September 2021, Aarhus, Denmark
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Abstract No. 282
Health and Function ‐ Oral Presentations (90) ‐ Nutrition, September 9, 2021, 16:00 ‐ 17:30
Rehabilitation for Obese Patients: A Role for Occupational Therapists?
Dr Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen1, BSci Ann Bek Jensen1, Dr Anette Enemark‐Larsen2, MScH Pia Maria Ilvig1, Dr Kim Lee1, MScH Christina Jessen‐Winge1,2
1Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark,
2Department of Occupational Therapy, Institute of Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy, University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background
Globally, over 1.9 billion adults are overweight and 650 million are obese. Obesity has been labelled “the greatest public health challenge of the 21st century”, and has been acknowledged as a chronic disease by the World Health Organization. In Denmark, the responsibility for the treatment of chronic diseases is held by the municipalities. The increasing focus on obesity as a significant public health threat is because obesity is consistently linked to serious health conditions such as diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, heart
diseases, and cancer. Furthermore, obesity have significant implications for occupational performance and participation in everyday life as obese individuals may have difficulty physically participating in valued and necessary everyday occupations. In a study exploring the experience of participation in daily occupations of individuals with obesity, the participants describe that shopping for clothes, planning vacations and looking for work were put on hold as they felt stigmatized or judged while in public because of their body habitus.
Thus, as obesity can cause serious limitations in everyday life functions, measures of rehabilitation involving occupational therapy seems of great relevance in facing these challenges.
Purpose
The overall purpose with the present study is to develop an interdisciplinary rehabilitation to obese
individuals led by occupational therapists that can be implemented in all Danish municipalities. The study is called Danish Obesity Intervention Trial – DO:IT.
Methods
The rehabilitation will be developed in accordance with Evidence Based Practice, Lifestyle Redesign and the occupational science framework ‘Doing, Being, Becoming and Belonging’. It will firstly target social norms, cultures and relations, participation in meaningful everyday activities and habit changes, and secondly target physical exercise and diet.
Perspectives
To entail fewer limitations in everyday life because of physical deficits or feelings of stigmatization and increase quality of life and a sustainable weight loss in obese patients.
