Development of Thai sensory patterns assessment tool for children aged 3–12 years: Caregiver-version

Most existing tools for measuring sensory patterns of children have been developed in Western countries. These tools are complex and may not be culturally appropriate for other contexts that require specific knowledge in the clinical perspective. The aim of this study was to develop a simplified tool called the Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment (TSPA) tool for children. It is designed for children ages 3–12 years old to be completed by their caregiver. The process of creating the tool consisted of drafting a questionnaire and interpreting the result. Partial psychometrics were completed during item development, content validity of items was assessed by five expert ratings. Construct validity and internal consistency were assessed using data from 414 caregivers and intra-rater reliability was assessed with 40 caregivers. The two parts of the TSPA tool for children results, sensory preference, and sensory arousal, were designed to be presented as a sensory pattern in a radar chart/plot. The data analysis showed that both parts of the TSPA tool for children had acceptable psychometric properties with the retained 65 items. Only proprioceptive sensory arousal had a low Cronbach’s α coefficient, suggesting more information sharing between caregivers and professionals is needed. This research is an initial study and must be continuously developed. Future development of this tool in technology platforms is recommended to support use within healthcare services

DEVELOPING A SEMI-STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADOLESCENT INTERNET USERS AND IDENTIFYING CRITERIA TO ASSESS PSYCHOSOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract Background and Aim: To develop a semi-structured questionnaire and identify items relevant to adolescent internet users' psychosocial and occupational performance. Objectives: To create a semi-structured questionnaire to evaluate adolescent’s internet usage patterns. To choose the questions to be used in evaluating the psychological and academic performance of adolescents to examine adolescent’s internet usage trends. Methods: The development of the assessment tool The review looks at the literature on model of human occupation, occupational therapy practice framework, item response theory, and item development steps that are connected to psychosocial and occupational characteristics of adolescent internet users. Develop a semi-structured questionnaire and distribute it to experts for feedback, followed by preliminary testing and data analysis. Based on that, the developed questionnaire will be given to an expert focus group discussion, followed by item development and the finalization of the response adolescent internet user’s assessment tool. Results: The findings display the demographic distribution. The results of the semi-structured questionnaire revealed the following factors: The ranking of internet activities, other than Internet use, common activities first time using the internet, types, importance, time, positive, negative, and internet device item generation. Conclusions: Excessive internet use is detrimental for one's physical and mental health. The majority of adolescent internet users live in cities (46.7%); internet time consumption has increased with laziness (56%); internet access is a smartphone (93.3%); they lie down in their room with a phone or laptop before using the internet (56.7%); they play online games (50%); and they frequently watch YouTube (40%), uploading/downloading movies or songs (30%). The internet interferes with academic work, such as during class and examination hours (73.3%), and reveals any physical obstacles (63.3%)such as back pain, neck discomfort, hand pain, and eye abnormalities, as well as interrupts work/concentration (43.3%). The findings indicate a strong desire to create novel items as well as a psychosocial and occupational performance assessment tool

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Lifestyle in Thai Occupational Therapy Students: A Mixed Method Study

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to global reports of hazards to mental health. However, reports regarding lifestyle changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic are lacking. Using a convergent mixed methods design, we conducted individual interviews with twelve occupational therapy students and interpreted the results by content analysis. We completed a survey of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment (TSPA) concerning perspectives from occupational therapy students (n = 99). They identified two major themes: (i) adaptive responses were consistent with areas of occupation during the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) multidimensional challenges were related to sensory patterns of purposeful and meaningful activities. The participants reported both positive and negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their lives. It had both positive and negative effects on the lifestyle of students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The positive effect was that most students learned better ways to protect and care for themselves. During the COVID-19 pandemic, occupational therapy students were most concerned about their online learning activities, economic problems, isolation from society, and lifestyle. The negative effects of this include stress, anxiety, loneliness, frustration, boredom, and exhaustion for occupational therapy students. As an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, occupational therapy students adapted to new lifestyles and experienced mental health issues related to their studies, families, friends, economics, social climate, and future job opportunities. Educators may use the findings of this study to prevent negative impacts on mental health and promote academic achievement in the future, as well as general well-being, efficacy, and empowerment of students in the new normal post-COVID-19 pandemic era

Handout of Mindfulness Baasd Flow Practice (MBFP)

The handout of Mindfulness Flow Practice.This is the supplement file for the published paper "Effect of intensive weekend mindfulness-based intervention on BDNF, mitochondria function, and anxiety. A randomized, crossover clinical trial" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.10013

The Feasibility of the Thai Sensory Profile Assessment Tool (TSPA) for Classifying the Mind Body Intervention (MBI) participants

The TSPA file which is a supplement for the article "The Feasibility of the Thai Sensory Profile Assessment Tool (TSPA) for Classifying the Mind Body Intervention (MBI) participants

Development of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment Tool for Children Aged 3–12 Years: Caregiver-Version

Most existing tools for measuring sensory patterns of children have been developed in Western countries. These tools are complex and may not be culturally appropriate for other contexts that require specific knowledge in the clinical perspective. The aim of this study was to develop a simplified tool called the Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment (TSPA) tool for children. It is designed for children ages 3–12 years old to be completed by their caregiver. The process of creating the tool consisted of drafting a questionnaire and interpreting the result. Partial psychometrics were completed during item development, content validity of items was assessed by five expert ratings. Construct validity and internal consistency were assessed using data from 414 caregivers and intra-rater reliability was assessed with 40 caregivers. The two parts of the TSPA tool for children results, sensory preference, and sensory arousal, were designed to be presented as a sensory pattern in a radar chart/plot. The data analysis showed that both parts of the TSPA tool for children had acceptable psychometric properties with the retained 65 items. Only proprioceptive sensory arousal had a low Cronbach’s α coefficient, suggesting more information sharing between caregivers and professionals is needed. This research is an initial study and must be continuously developed. Future development of this tool in technology platforms is recommended to support use within healthcare services

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Lifestyle in Thai Occupational Therapy Students: A Mixed Method Study

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to global reports of hazards to mental health. However, reports regarding lifestyle changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic are lacking. Using a convergent mixed methods design, we conducted individual interviews with twelve occupational therapy students and interpreted the results by content analysis. We completed a survey of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment (TSPA) concerning perspectives from occupational therapy students (n = 99). They identified two major themes: (i) adaptive responses were consistent with areas of occupation during the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) multidimensional challenges were related to sensory patterns of purposeful and meaningful activities. The participants reported both positive and negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their lives. It had both positive and negative effects on the lifestyle of students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The positive effect was that most students learned better ways to protect and care for themselves. During the COVID-19 pandemic, occupational therapy students were most concerned about their online learning activities, economic problems, isolation from society, and lifestyle. The negative effects of this include stress, anxiety, loneliness, frustration, boredom, and exhaustion for occupational therapy students. As an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, occupational therapy students adapted to new lifestyles and experienced mental health issues related to their studies, families, friends, economics, social climate, and future job opportunities. Educators may use the findings of this study to prevent negative impacts on mental health and promote academic achievement in the future, as well as general well-being, efficacy, and empowerment of students in the new normal post-COVID-19 pandemic era