Pediatric Occupational Therapists' Perspectives on Sleep: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The findings identify themes on the basis of which actionable steps toward promoting occupational therapists as sleep champions can be developed. Future implications include increasing sleep education opportunities, enhancing awareness of sleep health's impact on goal areas, and facilitating discussions about occupational therapy's role within the medical system and family system in supporting sleep. Plain-Language Summary: This qualitative study identifies what helps and hinders occupational therapists in addressing the sleep health concerns of their clients. We give occupational therapy clinicians and educators key supports to seek out or barriers to address.PMID:38512128 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2024.050352
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research