S Dahlin Ivanoff¹, U Sonn¹, E Svensson²
¹Göteborg University, Institute of Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy, Göteborg, Sweden; ²Chalmers and Göteborg University, Biostatistics Branch, Mathematical Statistics, Göteborg, Sweden
The purpose of this randomized longitudinal study was to investigate the impact of a health education program on perceived security in the performance of daily occupations four months after the intervention period. Two groups were compared: those who had followed a newly developed health education program that was occupation-based and those who took part in a standard individual intervention program. Statistically significant differences in the level of perceived security between these groups were found for 13 of 28 occupations. The health education group improved their level of perceived security in 22 daily occupations, while those in the individual group declined to a lower level in 17 daily occupations. This study provides support for the effectiveness of the health education program to enhance security or hinder a progressive decline in perceived security in daily occupations.
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