Strategies occupational therapists employ to facilitate work-related transitions for persons with hand injuries : a study protocol for a scoping review
Date
2019
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BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Introduction Hands make it possible to be employable and productive, to communicate non-verbally and to perform fine motor tasks required in day-to-day activities. Sustaining a hand injury can be detrimental to function including the ability to work. As the literature on workrelated transitions is scattered across a range of journals, it is difficult to get a sense of how much literature there is, what is known and where the gaps lie. This scoping study will provide a single source of up-to-date evidence to inform health professionals about the strategies occupational therapists employ to facilitate work-relatedtransitions for people with hand injuries.
Methods and analysis: The methodological framework by
Arksey and O’Malley (2005) will form the structure of the
scoping review. The search strategy has been developed
in collaboration with a subject librarian. The following
databases will be searched: EBSCOhost including only
Medline, CINAHL and Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Edition; PubMed, Scopus, The Cochrane library and Web
of Science. Reference lists will be examined, and grey
literature sources will be searched to ensure that literature
missed in the database searches is included. Covidence
will be used to manage the project. Full-texts will be
uploaded for literature that meets the inclusion criteria.
A process of blind review will be used to ensure that
consistency and rigour is upheld.
Ethics and dissemination: The findings of the scoping
review will be disseminated in an article, within 2019,
to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The findings
will be presented at conferences to ensure the optimal
dissemination of the scoping review's conclusions.
Description
CITATION: Uys, M. E., Buchanan, H. & Van Niekerk, L. 2019. Strategies occupational therapists employ to facilitate work-related transitions for persons with hand injuries : a study protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 9:e027402, doi:10.1136/
bmjopen-2018-027402.
The original publication is available at https://bmjopen.bmj.com/
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
The original publication is available at https://bmjopen.bmj.com/
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
Keywords
Occupational therapy -- Practice, Hand -- Wounds and injuries -- Rehabilitation, Employees -- Quality of life, Employees -- Medical care
Citation
Uys, M. E., Buchanan, H. & Van Niekerk, L. 2019. Strategies occupational therapists employ to facilitate work-related transitions for persons with hand injuries : a study protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 9:e027402, doi:10.1136/
bmjopen-2018-027402