Occupational Therapy Interventions to Address Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in the Physical Disability Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting: A Systematic Review

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Limited, moderate-quality evidence exists within the occupational therapy scope of practice for addressing depressive and anxiety symptoms in the physical disability IPR setting. Interventions primarily included cognitive and behavioral strategies. Further research among diverse patient populations is needed to support occupational therapy practitioners in facilitating client participation and functioning. What This Article Adds: This systematic review provides an evaluation of the evidence within the occupational therapy scope of practice to address depressive and anxiety symptoms within the physical disability IPR setting. This research can support occupational therapy practitioners to comprehensively address physical and mental health for participation in IPR.PMID:35037944 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2022.049068

Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - January 17, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Janell Pisegna Sarah Anderson Jessica L Krok-Schoen Source Type: research