TY - JOUR
T1 - Showering habits
T2 - Time, steps, and products used after brain injury
AU - Reistetter, Timothy A.
AU - Chang, Pei Fen J.
AU - Abreu, Beatriz C.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - OBJECTIVE. This pilot study describes the showering habits of people with brain injury (Bl) compared with those of people without Bl (WBI). METHOD. The showering habits of 10 people with Bl and 10 people WBI were measured and compared. A videotaped session recorded and documented the shower routine. RESULTS. The Bl group spent longer time showering, used more steps, and used fewer products than the WBI group. A moderately significant relationship was found between time and age (r=.46, p=.041). Similarly, we found significant correlations between number of steps and number of products used (r=.64, p=.002) and between the number of products used and education (r=.47, p=.044). CONCLUSION. Results suggest that people with Bl have showering habits that differ from those WBI. Correlations, regardless of group, showed that older people showered longer, and people with more education used more showering products.
AB - OBJECTIVE. This pilot study describes the showering habits of people with brain injury (Bl) compared with those of people without Bl (WBI). METHOD. The showering habits of 10 people with Bl and 10 people WBI were measured and compared. A videotaped session recorded and documented the shower routine. RESULTS. The Bl group spent longer time showering, used more steps, and used fewer products than the WBI group. A moderately significant relationship was found between time and age (r=.46, p=.041). Similarly, we found significant correlations between number of steps and number of products used (r=.64, p=.002) and between the number of products used and education (r=.47, p=.044). CONCLUSION. Results suggest that people with Bl have showering habits that differ from those WBI. Correlations, regardless of group, showed that older people showered longer, and people with more education used more showering products.
KW - Activities of daily living
KW - Brain injuries
KW - Habits
KW - Self-care
KW - Stroke
KW - Task performance analysis
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U2 - 10.5014/ajot.63.5.641
DO - 10.5014/ajot.63.5.641
M3 - Article
C2 - 19785264
AN - SCOPUS:70350339404
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 63
SP - 641
EP - 645
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 5
ER -