Abstract
After traumatic brain injury, individuals often experience a variety of cognitive problems. Executive function skills are usually affected, including planning, motivation, multitasking, flexible thinking, performance monitoring, memory, self-awareness, and error detection and correction. Problems in executive function skills can lead to reduced performance of instrumental activities of daily living and dependence on others for these activities in individuals with traumatic brain injury. The multicontext approach is a framework built on the combination of remedial and compensatory techniques that focuses on generalizing learning transfer in cognitive rehabilitation. This study examined the effect of an 8-week multicontext occupational therapy intervention on cognitive functions, occupational performance, and independence in activities of daily living in an adult female client with traumatic brain injury. The results showed improved cognitive functioning and occupational performance, and increased independence in daily living. The client generalized the use of the strategies in different contexts and increased their occupational performance and satisfaction. The study also highlighted the important role of multicontext occupational therapy interventions in improving cognitive functioning and increasing daily functioning in traumatic brain injury. The results of this study show promise for individuals with traumatic brain injury.
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Recommended Citation
Özata Değerli MN, Değerli Yİ, Aydöner S. The Effect of Occupational Therapy Intervention Based on a Multicontext Approach in a Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Study. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 2025 Jan 17;23(1), Article 23.
