Characteristics of Occupational Therapy Interventions to Promote Healthy Aging: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy aging is a pressing public health priority. Focusing on what people do every day may be a meaningful approach to lifestyle change, suggesting a need for occupation therapy interventions to promote healthy aging. A preliminary database search was conducted, and no current or underway systematic or scoping reviews on the topic were identified. Developing an overview of studies of occupational therapy interventions to promote healthy aging is a necessary first step to understanding the existing knowledge and increasing the impact of future interventions. This scoping review will build on previously conducted reviews.

Objective

This scoping review will identify the following: (1) what occupational therapy interventions exist for promoting healthy aging in comm

SUBMITTER: Bannigan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10985599 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature