14 research outputs found
Musikaktiviteter och demens ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv
Bakgrund: Runt 46 miljoner personer i vĂ€rlden har en demenssjukdom. HĂ€lso- och sjukvĂ„rden fokuserar pĂ„ att underlĂ€tta vardagen samt bidra till god upplevd hĂ€lsa för personer som drabbats av en demenssjukdom eftersom det i nulĂ€get inte finns nĂ„gon bot. FĂ„ studier kartlĂ€gger musikaktiviteters pĂ„verkan pĂ„ bland annat de funktionsnedsĂ€ttningarna en demenssjukdom kan innebĂ€ra. Denna litteraturöversikt tittar nĂ€rmre pĂ„ musikaktiviteters pĂ„verkan pĂ„ personer med demens utifrĂ„n personenvironment-occupation (PEO) modellen. Syfte: Syftet med studien Ă€r att kartlĂ€gga vilka musikaktiviteter som utförs tillsammans med personer med demens och hur de pĂ„verkar aktivitetsutförande, ur ett arbetsterapeutisk perspektiv utifrĂ„n PEO-modellen. Metod: En litteraturöversikt genomfördes av 13 studier frĂ„n databaserna Cinahl, Pubmed och PsycINFO. Studierna granskades med en deduktiv ansats och analyserades utifrĂ„n en riktad manifest innehĂ„llsanalys baserad pĂ„ PEO-modellens komponenter. Resultat: Flest fynd fanns inom PEO-modellens personkomponent av kognitiva förmĂ„gor och inom miljökomponentens sociala miljö. Forskning om musik och personer med demens har sedan 2014 ett begrĂ€nsat fokus pĂ„ aktivitet. Störst effekter av deltagande i musikaktiviteter för personer med demens sĂ„gs i minne, uppmĂ€rksamhet, koncentration, ett ökat socialt deltagande. Dessutom bidrog det med en lugnande och avslappnande effekt. Slutsats: Studien belyser att det anvĂ€nds musikaktiviteter som utförs tillsammans med personer med demens och att de kan bland annat pĂ„verka mĂ„lgruppens upplevda hĂ€lsa och aktivitetsutförande. Störst effekt sĂ„gs pĂ„ PEO-modellens personkomponent och en begrĂ€nsad pĂ„ miljökomponenten och aktivitetskomponenten, som bĂ„da Ă€r vĂ€sentliga utifrĂ„n ett arbetsterapeutisk perspektiv.Background: Around 46 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with dementia. Since this disease is incurable, the medical field supports people with dementia (PwD) by helping them conduct their daily activities. Additionally, healthcare professionals aim to improve PwDsâ perceptions of personal health. Few studies explore the effect that music has on PwD and their impairments. This literature review examines how music activities can affect PwD according to the person-environment-occupation (PEO) model. Aim: This study maps music activities as interventions for PwD and examines how they correspond to PwD from an occupational therapy perspective through the PEO model. Method: A literature review of thirteen qualitative and quantitative studies from the databases Cinahl, Pubmed and PsycINFO were conducted using deductive data analysis processing through the PEO model. Findings: Within the PEO model, most findings were from cognitive abilities within the person component and social environment within the environmental component. Since 2014, research conducted in correspondence of music to dementia has limited findings within the activity component of the PEO model. Participating in music activities for PwD showed significant improvements in memory, attention span and concentration as well as an increase of social participation and a settling effect. Conclusion: This study highlights that music activities are used as interventions for PwD. These interventions improve their perceptions of health and occupational performance. Most studies have a substantial focus on how music activities impact the person component of the PEO model. However, these studies have a limited focus on the environment and activity component, which are both essential to occupational therapy
3DVN: A Mixed Reality Platform for Mobile Navigation Assistance
We present 3DVN, a Mixed Reality platform for navigation assistance in indoor environments. Built on top of a PC-based wearable computer running the Windows operating system, the platform provides a multimodal user interface for navigating in existing physical buildings, including wireless networking, data glove gestural input, voice communication, head-mounted display, and a 3DOF head tracker. Local positioning is performed using a software-only positioning engine making use of WLAN features for accurately pinpointing the mobile device in three dimensions. The 3DVN system has been implemented as a proof-of-concept of a navigation guidance support device for visitors, and has been field-tested with human subjects in the student center of our university. Informal evaluation of subject ratings indicate a strong interest for the new system, both for guests as well as people familiar with the campus and the building