Abstract
Background/aims: Background: Engagement in occupation is a priority for people with palliative care needs. The term occupation describes meaningful and/ or purposeful doing in everyday situations. While evidence shows that occupational therapists can play a key role in the care of those at the end of life, more knowledge about effective occupational therapy (OT) interventions for this group of people is needed.
Aim: To identify, organise and prioritise effective intervention components within OT for people with palliative care needs from the perspectives of clinicians, managers, and researchers.
Methods: A Group Concept Mapping study was conducted representing a mixed methods participatory approach. Participants were occupational therapists across Europe and worldwide working as clinicians, managers and/or researchers with people with palliative care needs. The participants brainstormed on the following focus prompt: In my experience an effective intervention component within OT interventions for people with palliative care needs is ……”. This was done online using the Concept System® Groupwisdom™ software where they also sorted, labelled and rated each generated statement. A validation workshop was conducted online. Multidimensional scaling analysis and cluster analysis were applied.
Results: 72 occupational therapists from 15 countries participated in the study. 117 statements were identified and organised into five clusters: 1) Being client-centered, 2) Promoting occupational engagement to optimise quality of life, 3) Involving the social, and relational environment, 4) Enabling occupations, and 5) Facilitating occupational adaptation.
Conclusions: Five OT intervention components were found to be effective when supporting people with palliative care needs. Future research should use this knowledge to inform future interventions for people with palliative care needs.
Aim: To identify, organise and prioritise effective intervention components within OT for people with palliative care needs from the perspectives of clinicians, managers, and researchers.
Methods: A Group Concept Mapping study was conducted representing a mixed methods participatory approach. Participants were occupational therapists across Europe and worldwide working as clinicians, managers and/or researchers with people with palliative care needs. The participants brainstormed on the following focus prompt: In my experience an effective intervention component within OT interventions for people with palliative care needs is ……”. This was done online using the Concept System® Groupwisdom™ software where they also sorted, labelled and rated each generated statement. A validation workshop was conducted online. Multidimensional scaling analysis and cluster analysis were applied.
Results: 72 occupational therapists from 15 countries participated in the study. 117 statements were identified and organised into five clusters: 1) Being client-centered, 2) Promoting occupational engagement to optimise quality of life, 3) Involving the social, and relational environment, 4) Enabling occupations, and 5) Facilitating occupational adaptation.
Conclusions: Five OT intervention components were found to be effective when supporting people with palliative care needs. Future research should use this knowledge to inform future interventions for people with palliative care needs.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2023 |
| Event | 18th World Congress European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC): Equity & Diversity - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 15 Jun 2023 → 17 Jun 2023 Conference number: 18th |
Conference
| Conference | 18th World Congress European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) |
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| Abbreviated title | EAPC 2023 |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Rotterdam |
| Period | 15/06/23 → 17/06/23 |