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Background and objective <p>LEBENSFREUDE&#xa0;– im Alltag tun, was gut tut<sup>®</sup> (Joy of living - doing what is good in everyday life) is an occupational therapy program to strengthen life skills and health literacy. A&#xa0;pilot project encompassed 12&#xa0;groups of senior citizens in different communities and settings. This study was conducted to investigate effects of the program on biopsychosocial and meaningful activity-related health from the perspective of participants.</p> Method <p>A&#xa0;group of senior citizens, living independently in a&#xa0;community, took part in this program. After 2&#xa0;individual and 10&#xa0;group sessions, 6&#xa0;women, 66–77&#xa0;years old, shared their impressions, experiences, and insights from participating in this program in a&#xa0;focus group discussion. Inductive and deductive content analysis [<CitationRef CitationID="CR18">18</CitationRef>] was conducted. To provide context, statements were analyzed in relation to sociodemographic data and subsequently integrated into case vignettes.</p> Results <p>All participants agree on the program having a&#xa0;positive impact on their life skills and health literacy, on their biopsychosocial and spiritual health related to their activities (“Betätigungsgesundheit”). Module-related themes, group discussions, opportunities for engagement in meaningful activities and impulses for transfer to everyday life stimulated reflective processes and opened new experiences. Insights and activity-embedded experiences have changed health-related attitudes, activities, and behaviors. The group setting, the quality of support provided by the group facilitating occupational therapists, as well as spatial (e.g., accessibility) and temporal contextual factors are seen as conducive to these effects.</p> Conclusion <p>Using the KRAH<sup>®</sup> model as a&#xa0;frame of reference, occupational therapists support salutogenetic, meaningful doing-based experiences, insights, and health literacy. A&#xa0;group setting’s impact is facilitative, depending on adequate and consistent composition of the group, and the experience of a&#xa0;supportive, professionally nurtured group culture.</p>

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„Wie wichtig das ist: Etwas tun, was glücklich macht“

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    2025年10月2日

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  • Ursula M. Costa,
  • Eliane Tilch,
  • Pier Paolo Pasqualoni

摘要

Background and objective

LEBENSFREUDE – im Alltag tun, was gut tut® (Joy of living - doing what is good in everyday life) is an occupational therapy program to strengthen life skills and health literacy. A pilot project encompassed 12 groups of senior citizens in different communities and settings. This study was conducted to investigate effects of the program on biopsychosocial and meaningful activity-related health from the perspective of participants.

Method

A group of senior citizens, living independently in a community, took part in this program. After 2 individual and 10 group sessions, 6 women, 66–77 years old, shared their impressions, experiences, and insights from participating in this program in a focus group discussion. Inductive and deductive content analysis [18] was conducted. To provide context, statements were analyzed in relation to sociodemographic data and subsequently integrated into case vignettes.

Results

All participants agree on the program having a positive impact on their life skills and health literacy, on their biopsychosocial and spiritual health related to their activities (“Betätigungsgesundheit”). Module-related themes, group discussions, opportunities for engagement in meaningful activities and impulses for transfer to everyday life stimulated reflective processes and opened new experiences. Insights and activity-embedded experiences have changed health-related attitudes, activities, and behaviors. The group setting, the quality of support provided by the group facilitating occupational therapists, as well as spatial (e.g., accessibility) and temporal contextual factors are seen as conducive to these effects.

Conclusion

Using the KRAH® model as a frame of reference, occupational therapists support salutogenetic, meaningful doing-based experiences, insights, and health literacy. A group setting’s impact is facilitative, depending on adequate and consistent composition of the group, and the experience of a supportive, professionally nurtured group culture.