Occupational therapy aims to enable people living with MSK conditions and arthritis to participate in daily activities and meaningful life roles at home, work, for leisure and in their communities to enhance well-being and quality of life. It involves
the use of individualized assessment and customized interventions, such as splints, assistive devices and a variety of other strategies to help manage symptoms (e.g. pain, fatigue, brain fog). Occupational therapists partner with people living
with MSK conditions and arthritis to develop, recover, or maintain engagement in activities they find meaningful with the people who matter to them.
What is an MSK condition
?
MSK conditions and arthritis include
the wide range of diseases, illnesses, and injuries affecting bones, joints, muscles, connective tissue, skin as well as the mouth, teeth and craniofacial (face and head) region.
What’s involved if I take part in the study?
There are three steps to this study. Participation is voluntary, you may take part in as many or as few steps as desired. For example, if you participate in step one, there's no obligation to participate in steps two and three. If you don't participate in step one, you can still participate in step two or three
First, we'd like you to complete the online survey below. This survey is the first step in collecting your questions, and it will be open until January 2nd, 2023. After this, we will check that your questions haven’t already been answered by previous research.
Will my answers be kept confidential?
All personal information will remain confidential. Your survey answers will be anonymous which means we will not be able to identify you. When we release the results of this survey, we will never identify any individual who took part in this survey.
Your information will be kept safely in a password protected computer file that only the study team can use.
Who can I contact for more information?
If you need more information, please contact the project coordinator, Emma Guyonnet at
researchcoordinator@caot.ca.
By completing the questionnaire, you are agreeing to participate in the study.