A scoping review of coaching in occupational therapy: Mapping methods, populations and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Coaching is proposed as a core enabling skill of occupational therapy and increasingly suggested for a diverse range of health populations. In recent years, research on coaching has proliferated, emerging from within and outside of occupational therapy. Yet, concern has been raised about the absence of theoretical underpinning and diversity of descriptions of coaching in occupational therapy, as well as low-quality evidence supporting its effectiveness. The aim of this study is to map the use of coaching by occupational therapists from 2007 to 2022 to identify the populations, settings and outcomes it is applied to, differences between coaching interventions and evidence supporting its use.

Methods

This systematic scoping review applied Arksey and O'Malley's fiv

SUBMITTER: Graham F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609348 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature