“Friendly Visitor”: An Occupational Therapist’s Experience of Supporting a Person With Compulsive Hoarding Behavior

OT Practice ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Spear
Keyword(s):  
Compulsive Hoarding ◽  
Hoarding Behavior ◽  
Friendly Visitor

scholarly journals Psychiatry disorders and dengue: Is there a relationship?

2011 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 920-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Caixeta ◽  
Paulo Verlaine Borges Azevedo ◽  
Marcelo Caixeta ◽  
Cláudio Henrique Ribeiro Reimer
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Compulsive Hoarding ◽  
Vacant Lots ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Hoarding Behavior ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Psychiatry Disorders ◽  
The Relationship

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of compulsive hoarding with dengue. METHOD: Fifty two adults notified by health vigilance authorities because of inappropriate trash accumulation in vacant lots in Goiânia, Central Brazil, completed a questionnaire regarding the presence and severity of hoarding behavior (Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview HRS-I). Five dimensions of hoarding are evaluated with this instrument: difficulty using spaces due to clutter, difficulty discarding possessions, excessive acquisition of objects, emotional distress and functional impairment due to hoarding behaviors. RESULTS: The sample was primarily male, with an average age of 49 years. Eighty six percent of the sample scored 14 or greater on the HRS-I, indicating pathological hoarding. The medias of the five HRS-I domains were high, indicating severeness of all dimentions of pathological hoarding. CONCLUSION: These results highlight the relationship between psychiatric disorder and actions upon environmental conditions that favors dengue, as well as its associated public health burden.

scholarly journals Adaptation and psychometric testing of the Hoarding Rating Scale (HRS): A self-administered screening scale for epidemiological study in Chinese population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai Wa Liu ◽  
Simon Ching LAM ◽  
Man Hon Chung ◽  
Ken Hok Man Ho
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
General Public ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Compulsive Hoarding ◽  
Hoarding Behavior

Abstract Background: Hoarding disorder is a chronic and debilitating illness associated with restrictions on activities of daily living, compromised social and occupational functioning, and adverse health outcomes. However, researchers lack a brief and self-administered screening measurement to assess compulsive hoarding in the Chinese speaking population. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview (HRS-I) to as a tool for screening compulsive hoarding behavior in Chinese population.Methods: This study comprised two phases. During Phase 1, the English-language HRS-I was translated into Chinese (CHRS) (comprehensible for most Chinese speaking population, e.g., Cantonese & Mandarin) and subjected to an equivalence check. In Phase 2, the CHRS was validated by examining internal consistency, stability, and construct validity. Different samples were used appropriately to verify the items and reflect the psychometric properties. Results: In Phase 1, the CHRS yielded satisfactory content (CVI/AVE = 0.93) and face validity ratings (comprehensibility = 100%, N = 20 participants of general public with age 18-72) and the English and Chinese versions were found to be equivalent (ICC = 0.887; N = 60 university students and staff). Phase 2 revealed satisfactory levels of internal consistency (α=0.86; corrected item-total correlation = 0.60–0.74; N = 820 participants of general public), 2-week test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.78; N = 60 university students), and construct validity (one-factor CFA solution matched with the hypothesized model, χ2/d.f. = 2.26, CFI = 0.99, NFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.049, IFI = 0.99; n = 520 participants of general public). Conclusions: This study provides sufficient evidence of the reliability and validity of the CHRS for compulsive hoarding behavior screening in the Chinese population through self-administered method.

scholarly journals Meat Demand Monitor during COVID-19

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1040
Author(s):  
Glynn Tonsor ◽  
Jayson Lusk ◽  
Shauna Tonsor
Keyword(s):  
Meat Products ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Meat Demand ◽  
Pork Products ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Hoarding Behavior ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Us ◽  
Demand Changes

Meat products represent a significant share of US consumer food expenditures. The COVID-19 pandemic directly impacted both demand and supply of US beef and pork products for a prolonged period, resulting in a myriad of economic impacts. The complex disruptions create significant challenges in isolating and inferring consumer-demand changes from lagged secondary data. Thus, we turn to novel household-level data from a continuous consumer tracking survey, the Meat Demand Monitor, launched in February 2020, just before the US pandemic. We find diverse impacts across US households related to “hoarding” behavior and financial confidence over the course of the pandemic. Combined, these insights extend our understanding of pandemic impacts on US consumers and provide a timely example of knowledge enabled by ongoing and targeted household-level data collection and analysis.

Assessment of Mental Health and Social Problems during Multiple Friendly Visits: The Development and Evaluation of a Friendly Visiting Program for the Isolated Elderly

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Mulligan ◽  
Ruth Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Major Procedure ◽  
And Control ◽  
Friendly Visitor ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Visitor Program

The Friendly Visitor Program was designed to reduce social isolation. Visits were made by a pair of trained visitors to twenty-three isolated, elderly New York City residents. Pre- and post-testing visits to experimental and control Ss collected data on measures of isolation, adjustment, cognitive impairment and mental state. The major procedure was an hour long structured visit every two weeks for six months and a six month follow-up. For the experimental group only apartment upkeep and mental state improved and isolation diminished at the time of follow-up, indicating friendly visiting probably was therapeutic.

scholarly journals Validation of the clutter image rating in older adults with hoarding disorder

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 769-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Dozier ◽  
Catherine R. Ayers
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Home Visit ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Compulsive Hoarding ◽  
Hoarding Disorder ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Image Rating ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Fall Risks

ABSTRACTBackground:The Clutter Image Rating (CIR) was created to meet a gap in the research on compulsive hoarding: how to ascertain clutter level in an individual's home without a home visit, as not all clinicians have the ability to conduct a home visit. The CIR has proven itself to be both reliable and valid for use in adults with compulsive hoarding symptoms. However, there is currently a dearth of information on performance of the CIR in older adults diagnosed with hoarding disorder (HD). Because older adults have increased medical issues, including fall risks, evaluating the level of clutter in the house is especially critical in geriatric populations.Method:The current study was an investigation of the reliability and validity of the CIR in assessing late life HD. The internal consistency, convergent and divergent validity, and norms of the CIR were investigated in a large geriatric HD sample and compared with a midlife sample of individuals with HD. Criterion validity of the CIR was investigated through the comparison of participant ratings conducted in the clinic and clinician ratings conducted in the home.Results:The current study found similar levels of reliability and validity in a late life sample as in previous studies conducted in mid-life adults.Conclusions:Unlike previous studies, the current study did not find a significant relationship between the CIR and the non-clutter related subscales of the Savings Inventory-Revised. The CIR appears to be both reliable and valid for assessing clutter levels in older adults diagnosed with HD.

scholarly journals The economic and social burden of compulsive hoarding

2008 ◽  
Vol 160 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Tolin ◽  
Randy O. Frost ◽  
Gail Steketee ◽  
Krista D. Gray ◽  
Kristin E. Fitch
Keyword(s):  
Compulsive Hoarding ◽  
Social Burden
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