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| Id | 556 | |
| Author | Horghagen S., Josephsson S., Alsaker S. | |
| Title | The use of craft activities as an occupational therapy treatment modality in Norway during 1952-1960 | |
| Reference | Horghagen S., Josephsson S., Alsaker S.; The use of craft activities as an occupational therapy treatment modality in Norway during 1952-1960 ;Occupational Therapy International vol:14 issue: 1 page:42.0 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34247212818&doi=10.1002%2foti.222&partnerID=40&md5=3d8ef9f2efce8249e580a0efe938976b |
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| Abstract | The purpose of the present study was to explore the use of craft activities occupational therapy treatment modalities in Norway during the period 1952-1960. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with six retired occupatonal therapists on their experiences in using crafts. Data were analysed through textual analysis and this resulted in four themes: craft activities identified as a therapeutic tool; ambivalence in how to frame the intervention; practice relative to power relationships; and occupational therapists and patients as equals. A limitation of the present study was that participants drew on their screened memories in die context of contemporary practice, which may omit or distort the historical truth. Further research is needed to document the effect of contemporary therapeutic use of craft activities, and to bring forward how occupational therapists and clients value the craft activities of today in the context of their lives. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
The use of craft activities in interventions has been discussed in the profession since its start in Norway in as well as in other countries. According to Winge treatment through participation in everyday activities and craft activities was stipulated in the first Norwegian law concerning mentally ill persons. To produce such items advanced skills were needed both from the therapists and the patients as was the requirement to make creative adaptations to meet goals such as exercising upper arm strength and lung capacity. The search for a professional identity is seen in the participants implementation of craft activities but this was a challenge related to the traditions sustained by the doctors and nurses in charge. Similarly participation in normal daily activities in a context of a cheerful secure and supportive milieu was essential in the moral treatment movement which influenced many of the philosophical assumptions for the occupational therapy profession.
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