SETTING AND OBJECTIVE The growing elderly population and the rising number of people with chronic diseases indicate an increasing need for rehabilitation. Norwegian municipalities are required by law to offer rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to investigate how rehabilitation work is perceived and carried out by first-line service providers compared with the guidelines issued by Norway'...

OBJECTIVE To measure rabies preexposure vaccination rate and identify factors potentially associated with lack of vaccination among veterinarians and at-risk staff. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. STUDY POPULATION At-risk veterinary medical association (VMA) members, their staff members, and animal shelter and wildlife rehabilitation center personnel located in a California county. PROCEDU...

OBJECTIVE To explore perceptions of goal setting from the perspective of patients, lay carers and rehabilitation staff. DESIGN Semi-structured interviews analysed independently by 2 researchers using content analysis. SETTING Neurological rehabilitation inpatient unit for adults. SUBJECTS Four samples of 10 subjects each, comprising: (i) inpatients, (ii) patients discharged within the las...

OBJECTIVE To explore how multi-disciplinary team meetings operate in stroke rehabilitation. DESIGN Non-participant observation of multi-disciplinary team meetings and semi-structured interviews with attending staff. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Twelve meetings were observed (at least one at each site) and 18 staff (one psychologist, one social worker; four nurses; four physiotherapists four occ...

BACKGROUND Rehabilitation nursing is practiced in various settings along the healthcare continuum. No framework is noted in the literature that defines the necessary competencies of the rehabilitation nurse. PURPOSE To develop a Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing and its application to clinical and educational practice. METHOD/DESIGN A seven-member Association of Rehab...

Traumatic brain injury often results in physical, behavioral, and cognitive impairments perceived by health care practitioners to limit or exclude clients' full participation in treatment decision making. We used qualitative methods to evaluate the short- and long-term impact of "After the Crash: A Play About Brain Injury," a research-based drama designed to teach client-centered care principle...

Study selection and assessment: randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared outpatient therapy based rehabilitation services (ie, interventions provided by qualified physiotherapists, occupational therapists, multidisciplinary staff, or under the supervision of qualified therapy staff) with no routine input. Quality of the RCTs was evaluated using criteria including method of generating t...

There is now a better understanding of the scope and process of rehabilitation. The approach recognizes the impact of leprosy on the individual, aims to understand the needs and concerns of those affected, their families and community in the rehabilitation process, and that aims to restore the person to normal social life. LEPRA India has undertaken socio-economic rehabilitation (SER) activitie...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to understand how staff responded to individualised patient falls prevention education delivered as part of a cluster randomised trial, including how they perceived the education contributed to falls prevention on their wards. DESIGN A qualitative explanatory study. METHODS 5 focus groups were conducted at participatory hospital sites. The purposive ...