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Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Management, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , k55abdi@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Paying attention to evidence-based approaches and the use of standard evaluations of results in occupational therapy services, in addition to guiding services in the direction of quality improvement and ensuring its optimality, is also very effective on the policies and macro plans of the health service system. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the obstacles of using standard evaluations of results in occupational therapy services.
Methods: This study was conducted using a qualitative method of content analysis, and the participants were selected from among the occupational therapists working in Hamadan city, through targeted sampling, and 20 of them were interviewed. The main method of data collection was semi-structured interviews with open questions, and the data were analyzed by inductive qualitative content analysis. The validity and reliability of the present study was based on the four axes of believability, transferability, verifiability and reliability.
Results: Data analysis resulted in the identification of 974 primary codes, 23 subcategories and 5 main categories including access and use of tools, personal and professional characteristics of the therapist, management principles and priorities governing the clinic, patient characteristics and the nature of the field of occupational therapy, which are considered as obstacles.
Conclusion: The results of this study can help to remove these obstacles and lead to taking effective steps to improve the quality of occupational therapy services as well as to improve the policies and plans of the educational system of therapists that shape the attitude, knowledge and skills they need.
Methods: This study was conducted using a qualitative method of content analysis, and the participants were selected from among the occupational therapists working in Hamadan city, through targeted sampling, and 20 of them were interviewed. The main method of data collection was semi-structured interviews with open questions, and the data were analyzed by inductive qualitative content analysis. The validity and reliability of the present study was based on the four axes of believability, transferability, verifiability and reliability.
Results: Data analysis resulted in the identification of 974 primary codes, 23 subcategories and 5 main categories including access and use of tools, personal and professional characteristics of the therapist, management principles and priorities governing the clinic, patient characteristics and the nature of the field of occupational therapy, which are considered as obstacles.
Conclusion: The results of this study can help to remove these obstacles and lead to taking effective steps to improve the quality of occupational therapy services as well as to improve the policies and plans of the educational system of therapists that shape the attitude, knowledge and skills they need.
Article number: 18
Keywords: standard assessment of results, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, barriers, challenges, qualitative content analysis
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Qualitative and quantitative studies
Received: 2024/03/20 | Accepted: 2025/07/20
Received: 2024/03/20 | Accepted: 2025/07/20
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