Rehabilitation needs approached by health professionals at a rheumatism hospital
| Autor: | Åse Skarbø, Anne Marit Mengshoel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Occupational therapy
030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Nursing (miscellaneous) medicine.medical_treatment Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rheumatology International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Young adult Medical diagnosis 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Rehabilitation Health professionals Social work business.industry medicine.disease humanities Physical therapy Chiropractics 0305 other medical science business Rheumatism |
| Zdroj: | Musculoskeletal Care. 15:210-217 |
| ISSN: | 1478-2189 |
| Popis: | Objective The aim of the present study was to examine the characteristics of patients referred to occupational therapists (OTs), physiotherapists (PTs) and social workers (SWs) at a rehabilitation unit in a hospital specializing in rheumatology, and the rehabilitation needs that clinicians and patients agreed should be addressed in the encounters with the particular health professional groups. Methods Consecutive hospitalized patients at a rheumatism hospital were recruited by the health professionals. Questions about patient characteristics and rehabilitation needs were posed. Free-text responses to questions about rehabilitation needs were coded by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). Results The patients varied considerably in age distribution, disease duration, disability level and diagnoses, and several patients had comorbidities. The rehabilitation needs classified under the component Body Function fell into the chapters: Sensory Functions and Pain (PTs), Functions of Cardiovascular System (PTs), Neuromusculoskeletal and Movement-Related Functions (OTs, PTs); under the Activity and Participation component, these were: General Tasks and Demands (OTs), Mobility (OTs), Self-Care (PTs), Interpersonal Interactions and Relationships (SWs) and Major Life Stress (SWs); and under the Environmental Factors component these were: Products and Technology (OTs) and Services, Systems and Politics (SWs). Conclusions The patients were fairly heterogeneous. The needs identified in the encounters with the different professional groups fell into all three components of the ICF, and there was only a minor overlap between the health professionals at the chapter level of the ICF. |
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