Sangmi Park

• Yonsei University

Adequate sleep tailored to children’s age is important for their well-being. This study aimed to examine the association between adequate sleep and children’s participation in occupational areas. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of secondary data obtained from the 2020 National Survey of Children’s Health in the United States...

Despite the increasing use of assistive mobility devices, practical education to navigate real-world ground transportation barriers is lacking. The educational board game, called HERL-Town, was developed to teach safe and effective navigation for mobility device users (MDUs) in the community. The study examined the initial validity, reliability, an...

Background: Impaired executive function is common in older adults. This study examined the causal relationship between the use of information and communication technology (ICT) and executive function in older adults over time. Methods: This study performed a secondary analysis of data from four waves (2016-2019) of the National Health and Aging...

The Thinking about Life Experiences (TALE) Scale is well‐used in the autobiographical memory literature. Through rigorous examination of its psychometric properties, this study aimed to validate a Korean version of the Thinking About Life Experiences Scale (TALE‐K) with Korean adults. Data were collected through an online survey. The TALE‐K, and fo...

Background According to the literature, untreated depression among older adults is related to a higher likelihood of dementia (Saczynski et al., 2010). Behavioral Activation (BA) was developed as one of the effective interventions for decreasing depression. BA helps to understand and moderate daily behavior and emotions, which helps reduce depressi...

Background Higher level of resilience plays a positive role in successful ageing. Participation was reported as a factor related to resilience and successful ageing. As resilience is developed based on interaction between personal characteristics and environment over time, enhancing resilience level of individuals in later life span is difficult. F...

A high level of resilience is positively related to successful aging. However, interventions to increase resilience in older adults are not yet available. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of community participation in the relationship between resilience and successful aging. Data from 284 individuals aged 60 years and above were analy...

Date Presented 04/22/2023 Autobiographical memory function is categorized into three types according to the purpose of recalling personal episodic memories. We found a negative association between autobiographical memory function and self-rated health of healthy older adults. Primary Author and Speaker: Inhye Kim Additional Authors and Speakers: Hy...

Background: Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) reduces the quality of life, independence, and social interaction in older adults. Social participation is a potentially modifiable factor that benefits cognitive and mental health. This study explored the mediating roles of social participation between MCR and depression and between MCR and loneli...

Date Presented 04/22/2023 In this study, we found the mediating role of social participation in the association of motoric cognitive risk (MCR) with depression of older adults. A social participation program to intervene with depression is recommended for older adults with MCR. Primary Author and Speaker: Jihyeun Park Additional Authors and Speaker...

Date Presented 04/21/2023 We found that positive social relationship and support were important to improve social participation of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). OTs would need to provide emotional support programs for children with ADHD to promote their social activities. Primary Author and Speaker: Yoo Gyeong Jeong...

Date Presented 04/21/2023 This study focused on examining whether childhood backgrounds were associated with mental health in middle age. The study findings suggest that promoting a happy family life in childhood may contribute to better mental health in middle age. Primary Author and Speaker: Seungju Lim Additional Authors and Speakers: Sangmi Par...

Date Presented 04/21/2023 This study found that internet and communication technology (ICT) use had a statistically significant effect on executive function of older adults over time. Primary Author and Speaker: Hamin Lee Additional Authors and Speakers: Sangmi Park, Seungho Han, Seyoung Park, Lee Hyeon Dong, Ickpyo Hong Contributing Authors: Sangm...

Date Presented 04/20/2023 Sleep is an important part of a child’s physical and mental health. This study analyzed the relationship between children’s sleep quality and occupational area to help with children’s occupational intervention and sleep guidance. Primary Author and Speaker: YAENA Ha Additional Authors and Speakers: Geum Mi Roh, Eunjin Kim,...

Social participation is associated with cognitive function; however, their causal relationships have not been reported yet. This study was designed to examine the autoregressive effects and bidirectional causal relationship between social participation and cognitive function. In this secondary longitudinal data analysis, we enrolled 4,834 Korean ad...

Objectives:This study aims to examine whether subjective memory complaints (SMC) contribute to social participation among older adults. Method:The study sample was 4,713 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and older from four waves (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) of the Health and Retirement Study. Hierarchical linear modeling analysis was used...

The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of social health and its association with resilience among older adults living alone excluded from the public care service due to their relatively good health. For this cross-sectional study, we surveyed older adults aged between 65 and 80 years using questionnaires to measure the social...

Occupational balance is an important variable associated with health and quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the influence of occupational balance on health, quality of life, and other health-related variables using structural equation modeling. We analyzed data from 208 adults over 55 years old. Mean age of the participants was 70.21...

Date Presented 03/27/20 The study used cross-sectional data of 1,202 community-dwelling adults age 65 and older from the Health and Retirement Study. The finding indicates that SMC have a small but significant effect on social participation among older adults. Therefore, OTs need to start considering SMC when facilitating social participation among...

Date Presented 03/26/20 The area of OT has been extended to preventive approaches from rehab. With regard to the increasing aging population, health professionals are trying to find effective approaches to maintaining and enhancing the health of healthy older adults. Although the concept of OB has a potential for preventive intervention, little is...

Empathy of the caregiver can influence both the caregiver’s performance and the receiver’s enhanced life. The aim of this study is to examine whether Simulation-based Empathy Enhancement program for the Carer of the Elderly (SEE-C) is effective in increasing care receivers’ session satisfaction and positive emotional change. We developed SEE-C by m...

Resilience is one of the components for successful aging and is related to wellbeing in late life. Studies have shown that older people living alone have low resilience. However, most of these studies were mainly conducted on unhealthy participants. The aim of this study is to examine the factors that contribute to resilience of healthy older adult...

Date Presented 04/05/19 Primary Author and Speaker: Sangmi Park Additional Authors and Speakers: Ji-Hyuk Park

Objective : The purpose of this study was to analyze the format and effects of lifestyle intervention provided to community dwelling older adults. This systematic review was written following the PRISMA guideline. Methods : The National Digital Science Library(NDSL), RISS, PubMed, and CINAHL were used to search for articles published from January 2...