Cespedes, Priscilla and Chadorchi, Leah and Head, Jessica and Steinmetz, Emma (2021) The perspectives of occupational therapy practitioners on measuring the effectiveness of client-centered interventions. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.
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Background: The field of occupational therapy (OT) has always aimed to be client-centered, although there is a perceived gap between wanting to be client-centered and actually implementing effective client-centered interventions. Objective: To identify the different tools OT practitioners use to measure the effectiveness of their client-centered interventions. Method: We used a mixed-method, descriptive, and non-experimental design. A survey was conducted to gain the perspectives of OT practitioners regarding their use of client-centered interventions. Analysis was conducted for 495 responses, of which 72% were practicing occupational therapists (OTs) and 28% occupational therapist assistants. Results: A majority of respondents agreed that their workplace focused on providing client-centered interventions. Half of the respondents discussed the role of interviews in leading to effective interventions. Over half (63.9%) of OT practitioners expressed that the client’s interests and having a collaborative goal setting with their clients was important in measuring effectiveness. The majority of OT practitioners (74.7%) did not use any specific client-based assessments for measuring effectiveness of client-centered interventions for their clients. Conclusion: OTs use communication through the interview process, collaboration in goal setting, and subjective assessments like the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure to measure the effectiveness of their client-centered interventions. There is a need for a more comprehensive, objective assessment tool to help OTs gather a more accurate measure of the client’s progress and effectiveness of client-centered interventions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Depositing User: | Institutional Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2022 22:05 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2022 22:05 |
| URI: | http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/96 |
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