• Vincy Chan, Chen Xiong, and Angela Colantonio.
• Vincy Chan, MPH, is PhD Candidate, Research Department, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, and PhD Candidate, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; vincy.chan@uhn.ca.
• Am J Occup Ther. 2015 Mar 1; 69 (2): 6902290010p1-6.

AbstractData on the utilization of occupational therapy among patients with brain tumors have been limited to those with malignant tumors and small samples of patients outside North America in specialized palliative care settings. We built on this research by examining the characteristics of patients with brain tumors who received postacute occupational therapy services in Ontario, Canada, using health care administrative data. Between fiscal years 2004-2005 and 2008-2009, 3,199 patients with brain tumors received occupational therapy services in the home care setting after hospital discharge; 12.4% had benign brain tumors, 78.2% had malignant brain tumors, and 9.4% had unspecified brain tumors. However, patients with benign brain tumors were older (mean age=63.3 yr), and a higher percentage were female (65.2%). More than 90% of patients received in-home occupational therapy services. Additional research is needed to examine the significance of these differences and to identify factors that influence access to occupational therapy services in the home care setting.Copyright © 2015 by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.

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