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Communication in interprofessional rehabilitation teams: a scoping review.
- Source :
- Disability & Rehabilitation; Jun2022, Vol. 44 Issue 13, p3253-3269, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Effective communication in interprofessional rehabilitation teams is essential for optimal patient care. Despite the established importance, it remains unclear how interprofessional communication (IPC) within teams contributes to rehabilitation service delivery. The aim of this scoping review was to investigate how IPC has been described in rehabilitation literature. Databases (Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, Embase, PsychInfo, and Academic Search Complete) were searched for studies including rehabilitation interprofessional communication. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were identified and applied, data were charted, and thematic analysis conducted. Twenty-nine papers were identified, and analysis revealed interrelated themes: communication processes, and inputs and effects. Formal communication processes were most prevalent, portraying variability in professional participation and a lack of patient involvement in dialogue and decision making. Inputs and effects were described at an organisational, team and individual level, highlighting the importance of communication throughout the healthcare hierarchy. IPC in rehabilitation is central to effective team function and patient care. To further our understanding, empirical studies examining everyday informal IPC, as well as formal ritualised encounters are needed. Additionally, conceptualisations of IPC would benefit from including the patients' perspective and by using theoretical framing to attend to places, spaces, and artefacts identified in this review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MEDICAL quality control
CINAHL database
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
TEAMS in the workplace
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
PATIENT participation
SYSTEMATIC reviews
PATIENT decision making
GROUNDED theory
PATIENTS' attitudes
CONCEPTUAL structures
HEALTH care teams
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
COMMUNICATION
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
REHABILITATION
LITERATURE reviews
MEDLINE
THEMATIC analysis
ERIC (Information retrieval system)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09638288
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157791834
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1836271