Workplace Aggression: Exploring Experiences of Occupational Therapy Practitioners in Healthcare Settings

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Eileen Scanlon ◽  
Catherine Verrier Piersol
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Workplace Aggression ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Occupational Therapy Practitioners

Exploring the Role of Occupational Therapy With Mothers Who Breastfeed

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Sponseller ◽  
Fern Silverman ◽  
Pamela Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
New Mothers ◽  
Lactation Consultant ◽  
Personal Wellness ◽  
Occupational Profile ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Goal Attainment Scale ◽  
Occupational Therapy Practitioners

Importance: Occupational therapy practitioners can play a pivotal role in supporting breastfeeding mothers as they transition to and form new routines for this occupation. Objective: To explore whether occupational therapy programming can assist breastfeeding mothers in reaching their personal occupation-based wellness goals. Design: Mixed-methods design that involved development of an occupational profile and a goal attainment scale (GAS). After the intervention, participants rescored their GAS goals and completed a semistructured exit interview. Setting: Nonprofit lactation center located in the suburbs of a large mid-Atlantic U.S. city. Participants: Women recruited through convenience sampling who had been breastfeeding an infant for <6 mo, who were not currently weaning, and who had met with a lactation consultant at least once since giving birth were eligible (N = 17). Intervention: Group occupational therapy that consisted of 10 weekly 1-hr sessions. Topics were based on occupational profiles, GAS scores, and lactation consultant input. Outcomes and Measures: Each participant created and scored three goals using the GAS before and after the intervention. Results: Data from 14 of the 17 participants were analyzed. The average postintervention GAS score was 56.50 (M = 50), indicating that most personal wellness goals were reached. Thematic analysis revealed that occupational therapy programming helped mothers persevere with breastfeeding, feel more confident as new parents, and value both themselves and their baby. Conclusions and Relevance: There is an increasing role for occupational therapy practitioners in helping new mothers reach their personal wellness goals in ways that support their ability to continue breastfeeding. What This Article Adds: Maternal wellness and breastfeeding represent an emerging area of practice in which occupational therapy practitioners can provide new mothers with physical, social, and psychological supports that help them maintain self-efficacy related to breastfeeding and other meaningful occupations. This study provides foundational evidence in support of this collaboration.

Job satisfaction and creativity at work among occupational therapy practitioners: A mixed-methods study

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Alenka Oven ◽  
Barbara Domajnko
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Occupational Therapy Practitioners

BACKGROUND: Creativity is essential to the work of occupational therapy practitioners. Nonetheless, little is known about the way it influences their work satisfaction. OBJECTIVE: This study explores several internal and external factors related to organizational, personal, and socio-relational sources of creativity. Our main hypothesis was that occupational therapy practitioners are more satisfied when creative. METHODS: A mixed-methods study included a qualitative (n = 22) and a quantitative (n = 250) phase. Data were gathered using focus group interviews and an online survey, where a novel assessment instrument –the Creativity in Occupational Therapy Questionnaire –was administered. RESULTS: The synthesis of the results revealed that factors connected with the client, the practitioner’s personal characteristics, the work environment, relationships with colleagues and relationships with superiors all influenced the creativity of occupational therapy practitioners, in negative or positive ways. Professional autonomy and a supportive work environment were found to be important for the creativity of occupational therapy practitioners. Creativity at work had a statistically significant influence on work satisfaction of occupational therapy practitioners (B = 0.575, t = 6.267, p <  0.01) CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the importance of creativity for job satisfaction of occupational therapy practitioners and suggest a dynamic reciprocal relationship between different factors and circumstances that should be considered when fostering creativity at work.

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