Title

Feasibility And Effect Of A Professional Education Workshop For Occupational Therapists' Management Of Upper-limb Poststroke Sensory Impairment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

American Journal Of Occupational Therapy

Department

Occupational Therapy

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. We examined the development, implementation, and effectiveness of a theory-based workshop to facilitate knowledge translation for occupational therapists addressing upper-limb poststroke sensory impairments. METHOD. Nineteen therapists participated in a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study that included an 8-hr evidence-based workshop designed using the Theory of Planned Behavior. We measured changes in knowledge, attitudes, and perceived behavioral control and intended behaviors regarding sensory impairment management, research utilization, and shared decision making. RESULTS. We noted significant changes in knowledge, attitudes, and perceived behavioral control and intended behaviors about sensory impairment management, research utilization, and shared decision making and made recommendations for changes in recruitment strategies, outcome measures, and workshop content. CONCLUSION. A theory-based workshop can potentially affect knowledge, attitudes, and intended behaviors about sensory impairment management, research utilization, and shared decision making. A randomized controlled trial evaluating this intervention is warranted and will potentially improve understanding of methods to facilitate knowledge translation.

Volume

68

Issue

3

pp.

74-83

ISSN

0272-9490

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