Stacy Smallfield, DrOT, MSOT, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Medicine and Assistant Director, Occupational Therapy Entry-Level Professional Programs, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO;
Jennifer Kaldenberg, DrPH, MSA, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, Boston, MA.
Am J Occup Ther. 2020 Mar/Apr;74(2):7402390010p1-7402390010p5. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2020.742004.
Evidence Connection articles provide clinical application of systematic reviews developed in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) Evidence-Based Practice Project. Findings from the systematic review of occupational therapy for older adults with low vision were published in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) and in AOTA's Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Older Adults With Low Vision, published in the March/April 2020 issue of AJOT. In this article, we describe a case report of an older adult with low vision who was referred to outpatient occupational therapy services because of a recent progression of her age-related macular degeneration that led to a decline in functional independence. Each article in the Evidence Connection series summarizes the evidence from the published reviews on a given topic and presents an application of the evidence to a related clinical case. These articles illustrate how the research evidence from the reviews can be used to inform and guide clinical decision making.
证据关联文章提供了与美国职业治疗协会 (AOTA) 的循证实践项目合作开发的系统评价在临床中的应用。对老年低视力患者进行职业治疗的系统评价结果发表在 2020 年 1/2 月的《美国职业治疗杂志》（AJOT）和 AOTA 出版的 2020 年 3/4 月的《AJOT》中的《老年低视力患者职业治疗实践指南》中。在本文中，我们描述了一位老年低视力患者的病例报告，该患者因年龄相关性黄斑变性的近期进展导致功能独立性下降而被转介到门诊职业治疗服务。证据关联系列中的每篇文章都总结了给定主题的已发表综述中的证据，并将证据应用于相关的临床病例。这些文章说明了如何使用综述中的研究证据为临床决策提供信息和指导。
