2025/04/01 by Shahar Zaguri‐Vittenberg, Naomi Weintraub, Miri Tal‐Saban
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Activities of daily living #Children's Physical and Motor Development #Clinical psychology #Developmental psychology #Infant Development and Preterm Care #Meaning (existential) #Occupational therapy #Physical Education and Pedagogy #Pleasure #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Young adult
paper · doi:10.1111/1440-1630.70016
crossref issued 2025/04/01 · crossref published 2025/04/01 · crossref published-print 2025/04/01 · openalex publication_date 2025/04/01 · crossref published-online 2025/04/07 · crossref created 2025/04/08 · crossref deposited 2025/04/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/07/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
INTRODUCTION: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) impacts occupational participation in adulthood, yet little is known about its multidimensional pattern (including objective and subjective dimensions). This study explores the participation patterns of adults with DCD. METHODS: Fifty-five adults with DCD aged 21-35 (51% women) completed the young adults' daily activities participation scale. CONSUMER AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: No consumer and community involvement were included in this study. RESULTS: Imbalanced patterns were noted, with a high frequency of participation but low levels of pleasure and performance in motor-related activities such as driving, cooking, and household-chores. Reduced frequency and low levels of performance, meaning, and pleasure were observed in fitness and sports, health management, shopping, bureaucratic and financial tasks, and spiritual or volunteering activities. Medium-low performance and low pleasure reported in most of the activities examined, except for interpersonal relationships and community and social life that reported with the highest level of performance, meaning, and pleasure. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with DCD may face participation challenges during adulthood, highlighting their need for occupational therapy services. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: This study looked at how developmental coordination disorder (DCD) affects young adults' participation in their daily lives. The findings show that many adults with DCD have trouble with tasks like driving, finding their way, doing household chores, and taking care of themselves. However, even though they take part in social and leisure activities less often, they still enjoy these activities. Understanding these challenges can help create better support services and strategies for them. For example, occupational therapy can help people develop skills to perform daily tasks and enhance their enjoyment levels and confidence in performing these activities, leading to improved wellbeing.