These words and the understanding of these words play a role in how we communicate amongst ourselves, other allied health professionals, insurance, and the public. After all, we are called occupational therapists. The usage of these words are embedded in our practice as occupational therapy practitioners. The use of the words occupation and activity affect our profession, but also our society as a whole. It is easy to describe and notice a pattern from this chart, but it is important to note that there are probably many reasons why these terms fluctuated dramatically over time – most of which I do not understand because I was not around at this time. ![]() Activity seems to be increasing just as occupation has since the 1980s. The word activity almost had an inverse relationship from the 1920s to the 1960s, but seemingly ceased to be used in the 1970s. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65, … Reference List Notice that the word occupation declined from the 1920s but started to increase again in the 1980s. The terms occupation and activity over the history of official occupational therapy publications. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2011.000869įigure one was created from a study that analyzed the frequency of the two words across 9 decades. ![]() American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65, 338–345. Some of the earliest documented uses of the words occupation and activity are from the 1920s. Many definitions for occupation and activity exist and these two words have been used throughout the history of the profession.
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