Award Date
5-1-2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Occupational Therapy Doctorate
Department
Brain Health
First Committee Member
Donnamarie Krause
Second Committee Member
Jefferson Kinney
Number of Pages
85
Abstract
The literature showed a lack of studies involving occupation-based group therapy in an inpatient rehabilitation setting, with notable barriers including lack of time, space, and equipment. The barriers lead occupational therapists (OT) to pursue an impairment-based approach, steering away from occupation-based approaches, which is what makes up the core of OT. Current literature is also limited to patients' perceptions of discharge readiness, with most research primarily concentrated on clinicians' perspectives. This 14-week capstone experience will include developing an occupation-based group therapy protocol for inpatient rehabilitation that will be implemented at Dignity Health Rehabilitation Hospital. Through conducting occupation-based group therapy in an inpatient rehabilitation setting for six weeks, surveys were provided to evaluate the program and to view patient's perceptions of readiness for discharge. The culminating experience provided Dignity Health Rehabilitation Hospital with additional resources for their OT department to conduct occupation-based group therapy. Patients' perceptions of readiness for discharge were evaluated through pre- and post-group surveys to view whether participating in occupation-based groups impacted readiness for discharge in conjunction with their inpatient rehabilitation stay.
Keywords
Group therapy; Inpatient rehabiliation; Occupation-based; Occupation-based groups; Protocol; Readiness for discharge
Disciplines
Occupational Therapy
File Format
File Size
592 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Cheng, Valerie, "Improving Patients’ Readiness for Discharge: The Development of An Occupation-Based Group Therapy Protocol in Inpatient Rehabilitation" (2024). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 4970.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/4970
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