
Ann BurkhardtConsultant · Academic and Clinical
Ann Burkhardt
OTD
Bristol RI
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Introduction
Ann Burkhardt is an independent clinical and academic consultant. She is located in Bristol RI. Ann is currently working on several publication projects: a book revision of her current co-authored textbook.
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September 2002 - May 2004
September 1977 - August 1979
September 1972 - May 1976
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Publications (23)
Subthreshold depressive symptoms are common in older adults. The threshold for the clinical significance of such symptoms is unclear. Mechanisms linking depressed mood to increased risk of disability need further investigation.
Among older adults who did not meet criteria for depression, respondents reporting no anhedonia and dysphoria over the pas...
Therapists, as experts in promoting independence, have a role in providing wellness and health promotion programs in the community. This article features several models targeting the needs of the elderly, incorporating comprehensive functional wellness and prevention programs by occupational therapists. Oxford'S Health Plans, Health Promotion, and...
Using the Activity Card Sort (ACS), we derived a measure of lifestyle-adjusted function and examined the distribution of this measure and its correlates in a community sample of older adults at risk for disability transitions.
Participants in the Sources of Independence in the Elderly project (n = 375) completed the ACS using a Q-sort (successive p...
It is unclear whether older adults of different race or ethnicity vary in the ways they perceive functional limitations. Variation in such self-reports may be relevant clinically, because many diagnoses (and subsequent care) depend on self-reported disability. To examine this question, self-reported hand function was compared with performance-based...
To examine three types of visual ability-ambient acuity, standard lighting acuity, and retinal acuity-and their relationship with self-reported disability.
Cross-sectional prevalence survey.
New York, New York.
Community-dwelling older people.
Ambient acuity assessed using a near reading card; standard lighting acuity and retinal acuity assessed us...
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is designed to provide a common language and framework for describing health and health-related states. The goal of this research was to investigate human and automated coding of functional status information using the ICF framework.
The authors extended an existing natur...
It is unclear how well self-reports and clinician ratings of performance in the instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs; household maintenance tasks) correspond and why they may differ.
We assessed clinician-rated IADL performance using an occupational therapy protocol, the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS). AMPS and self-rated I...
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), a classification system published in 2001 by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides a common language and framework for describing functional status information (FSI) in health records.
Informed by ongoing research in coding FSI in patient records, this paper qual...
Clinical examination of cutaneous sensory response for touch-pressure and vibratory threshold perception is mostly conducted as part of neuropathy screening in diabetic clinics. Yet, declines in tactile thresholds in the skin have been reported as a feature of aging and may be important for understanding functional status more generally. The Source...
The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) provides a common framework for describing functional status information (FSI) in health records. Given the expense of manual coding, we are investigating the use of natural language processing (NLP) for automated FSI coding. We used an existin...
Objective: To assess the validity of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS), an occupational therapy tool, for epidemiologic research. Design: Population-based sample. Setting: Northern New York City. Participants: 217 elders aged ≥70 years were recruited from Medicare beneficiary files. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measur...
Mind-body techniques and complementary care may assist people who are undergoing surgery and those recovering from cardiac surgery to cope with the event, the process of recovery, and accompanying lifestyle changes. These approaches can provide cardiac patients with nonpharmacologic tools that may prevent further coronary artery disease and the dev...
Cancer diagnosis and treatment can have a profound effect upon hand function, presenting a challenge to the occupational therapist. The therapist who specializes in oncology or hand therapy must have knowledge of the medical treatment model in regard to cancer conditions and must be able to set realistic goals that consider the patient's medical pr...