Effect of Community-Based Occupational Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life and Engagement in Meaningful Activities of Women with Breast Cancer.

Only 21 women completed the trial, so the results are unstable. The paper reports many quality of life outcomes and several improved scales, so some findings may be chance. The Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey was not translated or adapted for Lithuania, so its scores may not be valid in this population. The intervention combined group sessions, creative techniques, peer support, voluntary help to others, and individual consultations, so the contribution of any single component cannot be separated. The follow-up was only six weeks, so the study does not show long-term benefit. The paper gives inconsistent counts of therapy meetings. It mentions six meetings and four group sessions in different places.

Do not read this as proof that community occupational therapy works for all women with breast cancer. Only 21 women completed the trial, the programme combined group activities, creative techniques, peer support, and individual consultations, and the engagement survey was not adapted for Lithuanian use.