Conocimiento, aportación y aplicación de los marcos teóricos de los terapeutas ocupacionales que trabajan en España

Abstract

OBJECTIVE the main objective of this paper is to show the degree of knowledge, contribution and application of existing theoretical frameworks in the international arena by occupational therapists working in our country. METHODOLOGY quantitative research based in a descriptive cross-sectional study. The used skill was a designed questionnaire of express form for this study. Spread online between April 1 and May 15, 2013 to a sample of occupational therapists of Spain which fundamental professional work was the clinic. RESULTS the theoretical framework best known by the subjects of the study is the model of human occupation with 57,4% and this same theoretical framework is the one from which they gain the most important contribution with a further 38,9%. On the other hand, the rehabilitation referral or compensator framework is the most employed (29,9%). CONCLUSIONS the model of human occupation is the theoretical framework about which more respondents know about and the one that provides them more. The Canadian model of occupational performance is the second theoretical framework best known by the subjects of the sample. The frame of reference or rehabilitative compensator is the theoretical framework more applied by the respondents, and the second that provides most to the sample. Overall, knowledge of the theoretical frameworks by respondents is average, the contribution of these frameworks is low with very low application of them.