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Measuring the efficacy of occupational therapy in end-of-life care : a scoping review
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IMPORTANCE: Underutilization of hospice occupational therapy may be attributable to a lack of evidence on efficacy.
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a scoping review of occupational therapy outcome studies to ascertain how efficacy is captured in the literature.
DATA SOURCES: PubMed, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals, Web of Science, OT Search, and Google Scholar.
STUDY SELECTION AND DATA COLLECTION: Search terms: hospice, palliative care, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, outcome measure, and assessment. Inclusion criteria: research studies in English, centered on adult hospice care, published between January 1997 and September 2017, and investigated occupational therapy efficacy with an outcome measure. Exclusion criteria: systematic reviews, participants not at terminal disease end stages, or intervention program reviews lacking differentiated occupational therapy outcomes.
FINDINGS: Seven articles met the inclusion criteria. Findings include frequent use of noncontrolled, quasi-experimental, prospective research designs; a focus on occupational performance; and no generally accepted hospice occupational therapy outcome measure.
CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: Outcome measures of participation in end-of-life occupations and environmental influences on occupational engagement are needed to effectively support occupational therapy practice and research with people who are terminally ill.
WHAT THIS ARTICLE ADDS: Occupational therapy in end-of-life care is growing in complexity yet remains low in utilization. This review adds insights into current practice and future research foci for the profession.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.033340
Voir la revue «The American journal of occupational therapy, 74»
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