Setting meaningful goals in rehabilitation: A qualitative study on the experiences of clients and clinicians in working with a practical tool.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the experience of clients and clinicians in working with a tool to help set goals that are personally meaningful to rehabilitation clients.

Design

We have applied the tool in the outpatient rehabilitation setting. Clients' and clinicians' experiences in working with the tool were evaluated in individual, semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews, respectively. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.

Setting

A university medical center and a rehabilitation center.

Subjects

Clients with a first-time stroke (n = 8) or multiple sclerosis (n = 10), and clinicians (n = 38).

Intervention

The tool to help set meaningful goals consisted of a session (i) to explore the client's fundamental beliefs, goa

SUBMITTER: Littooij E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8850761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature