1. Formulating goals in occupational therapy: State of the art in Switzerland.
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Page, Julie, Roos, Kim, Bänziger, Andreas, Margot-Cattin, Isabel, Agustoni, Stefania, Rossini, Emmanuelle, Meichtry, André, and Meyer, Sylvie
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ELDER care , *CHI-squared test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *CONTENT analysis , *GOAL (Psychology) , *LANGUAGE & languages , *MEDICAL protocols , *NEUROLOGY , *NOSOLOGY , *OCCUPATIONAL therapy , *ORTHOPEDICS , *PEDIATRICS , *RESEARCH funding , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ODDS ratio - Abstract
Background:The contemporary occupational therapy literature suggests that different quality criteria exist for setting goals in occupational therapy: a focus on occupation; a link to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF); and adherence to the SMART recommendations, which advises goals to be specific, measurable, agreed, realistic, and timed.Aim:To identify the extent to which Swiss occupational therapists (OTs) adhere to the criteria cited above.Material:A total of 1 129 goals formulated with the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) collected in 2008.Results:In slightly more than half the investigated cases at least one goal addressed an aspect of occupation. Nearly two-thirds of the goals related to the ICF component “activity and participation”. Nearly 90% of the goals were specific, measurable, and/or realistic.Conclusions:Goals mirror, to some extent, what is done in everyday practice. Several influences on goal formulations of OTs were identified, including the practice models traditionally used in different specialist fields; the cultural contexts in which OTs were trained; and the legal framework that obliges OTs to formulate their goals in a certain way in order to obtain funding for their services.Significance:Based on these results evidence-based products have been developed (a further education course; written recommendations for practice). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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