Rehabilitation definition for research purposes. A global stakeholders' initiative by Cochrane Rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT: Since its foundation, Cochrane Rehabilitation has faced challenges with rehabilitation definitions because existing definitions did not indicate what rehabilitation includes and what it excludes. We aimed to develop a comprehensive and shared rehabilitation definition for research purposes to: 1) support the conduct of primary studies and systematic reviews, and 2) identify relevant systematic reviews for knowledge translation purposes. We performed a multimodal study including seven preliminary research and discussion papers, four Consensus Meetings and three Delphi rounds with 80 rehabilitation stakeholders. The Delphi Study aimed to obtain agreement, refine and complete the items composing the definition and meanings of rehabilitation. These stakeholders covered 5 continents, representi

SUBMITTER: Negrini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980575 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature