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Review about occupational performance in commercial fishing workers

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Abstract

The purpose of this review is to show de results of the literature search about occupational performance of commercial fishing workers. The aim is to approach on concepts related to occupational performance of people who devote their productive activity to commercial fishing. This literature review focuses on Galician people, a community situated in the northwest of Spain, which is characterized by a strong link with fishing sector. In terms of methodology , the database used were: Medline , CSIC, Biblioteca Virtual de Salud, World of Science ( WOS ) , IBECS , Cochrane Plus, Econbiz , institutional repositories , monographs and gray literature available. The search strategy was based on the use of controlled DECS and MESH descriptors. The results reported refer to the consequences of environment in occupational performance. It has to be emphasized thatthe influence of both intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of work developed by fishingworkers, which affects their occupational performance. In conclusion, we have identified modifications in the management of the occupation producing an impact on both the individual and the family structure ; all driven by the productive activity carried on by the protagonist.

Keywords:

Occupational therapy, occupation, occupational perfomance, health, comercial fishing