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Therapeutic groups run for community-dwelling people with acquired brain injury : A scoping review
Kotzur, Cheryl Patterson, Freyr Harrington, Rosamund Went, Samantha Froude, Elspeth
Kotzur, Cheryl
Patterson, Freyr
Harrington, Rosamund
Went, Samantha
Froude, Elspeth
Abstract
Purpose: Therapeutic group interventions are commonly provided in acquired brain injury (ABI) inpatient rehabilitation settings, but little is known about the extent of therapeutic groups run for community-dwellers with ABI. This paper seeks to review current literature concerning the nature of therapeutic groups run for community-dwellers with ABI and the involvement of occupational therapists.
Materials & Methods: A scoping review was conducted with systematic searching of relevant databases guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. Studies were included if they reported on therapeutic groups for community-dwellers with ABI. Articles were collated and summarised with key findings presented in narrative form with accompanying tables.
Results: Seventy articles met inclusion. Groups are used as therapeutic change agents for community-dwellers with ABI and target a diverse range of participation barriers. Participants valued group programs that established safe environments, a sense of belonging, growth opportunities and social connections. Group accessibility needs to be improved, with better funding avenues available for service providers, as well as greater consumer involvement in group design and facilitation.
Conclusions: Groups are a valuable therapeutic modality supporting community-dwellers with ABI. Further research is warranted into the use of groups by occupational therapists working with community-dwellers with ABI.
Keywords
brain injury, community-dwelling, occupational therapy, therapeutic groups, community participation, social reintegration, barriers, facilitators
Date
2023
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Journal article
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1-17
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School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
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Open
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.