Showering habits: time, steps, and products used after brain injury

This pilot study describes the showering habits of people with brain injury (BI) compared with those of people without BI (WBI). The showering habits of 10 people with BI and 10 people WBI were measured and compared. A videotaped session recorded and documented the shower routine. The BI group spent...

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Published in:The American journal of occupational therapy 2009-09, Vol.63 (5), p.641-645
Main Authors: Reistetter, Timothy A, Chang, Pei-Fen J, Abreu, Beatriz C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Adult
Aged
Brain
Brain injured people
Brain injuries
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
Brain research
Data Analysis
Female
Habits
Health aspects
Humans
Hygiene
Injuries
Interviews
Language Impairments
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational therapy
Older people
Physiological aspects
Pilot studies
Resistance (Psychology)
Therapists
Traumatic brain injury
Water
Young Adult
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Summary:This pilot study describes the showering habits of people with brain injury (BI) compared with those of people without BI (WBI). The showering habits of 10 people with BI and 10 people WBI were measured and compared. A videotaped session recorded and documented the shower routine. The BI 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). Results suggest that people with BI 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.
ISSN:0272-9490
1943-7676
DOI:10.5014/ajot.63.5.641