Dichairo, Miranda and Plague, Christopher and Ramos, Hilary and Sialaris, Nicole (2019) Evidence-based practice & traumatic brain injury: a survey of ot practitioners. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.
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Abstract
Occupational therapy practitioners have a responsibility to maintain service competency and increase professional knowledge through the implementation of evidence-based research in clinical practice. The research conducted in this project investigates the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) by occupational therapy practitioners treating adult clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). An online survey was created and distributed to collect data about how these practitioners utilize EBP to enhance occupational performance in adults with a traumatic brain injury. Survey questions were created by utilizing information, data, and research from the Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2016). In efforts to support practitioners, AOTA created the Occupational Therapy Practice Guideline for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury to specify which interventions have significant evidence for enhancing occupational performance in multiple impairment categories. The areas of impairment identified include alertness and arousal, motor, cognitive, visual and visual-perceptual, psychosocial, behavioral, or emotional, and everyday areas of occupation and social participation (AOTA, 2016). For this research, occupational therapy practitioners were surveyed to determine the use of evidence-based interventions in their treatment of adult clients with traumatic brain injury. Our data depicted that the majority of occupational therapy practitioners who were surveyed are utilizing evidence-based interventions from AOTA’s Practice Guidelines. This indicates that occupational therapist practitioners are adhering to the vision and goals for the field of OT and are actively pushing for the growth of occupational therapy as an evidence-based profession.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Depositing User: | Institutional Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2022 21:25 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 21:54 |
| URI: | http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/80 |
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