Exploring occupation-based practice among occupational therapists in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions

BACKGROUND: While occupational therapists value occupation-based practice, they appear to spend less time on this approach and more time on impairment-based practices. Several barriers are reported for the occupation-based approach.

AIM: To explore different aspects of occupation-based practice among occupational therapists working in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions, and to examine associations between sociodemographic factors, barriers, and occupation-based practice.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Participants were occupational therapists working in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions in Norway. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics and logistic regression.

RESULTS: The therapists (n = 124) valued occupation-based practice and reported using it frequently and to a large extent. Relatively small proportions of their practice (26% assessments and 38% interventions) were classified as occupation-based. Lack of time, space and equipment were reported as large barriers. Lack of time and lack of equipment were associated with low self-reported level of occupation-based practice.

CONCLUSIONS: The participants valued occupation-based practice, while the reported assessment and intervention methods were mainly not occupation-based. Several barriers were reported, and some were associated with less use of occupation-based practice.

SIGNIFICANCE: The results can be used to raise awareness of occupational therapists' use of occupation-based practice and barriers to this approach.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy - 30(2023), 7 vom: 03. Okt., Seite 1074-1084

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Aas, Maren Høgblad [VerfasserIn]
Bonsaksen, Tore [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

Assessments
Hospital
Interventions
Journal Article
Occupation-based
Rehabilitation
Survey

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.09.2023

Date Revised 14.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/11038128.2022.2059564

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340841923