Open AccessA QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS ON CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Author(s) -
Hira Shafi Zaeem
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.9.1/008
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , psychological intervention , rehabilitation , perception , special needs , medicine , clinical psychology , qualitative research , psychology , family medicine , physical therapy , nursing , psychiatry , social science , neuroscience , sociology
AIMS & OBJECTIVESTo assess the perceptions of parents about Occupational Therapy interventions on their children using a self-administered questionnaire.STUDY DESIGNA Cross-Sectional StudySTUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTSData was collected from OT departments of primary and tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. Parents of children with special needs enrolled in occupational therapy.RESULTSA total number of 72 participants were recruited. The information about the children with special needs with mean age of 7±3.8 was taken from the parents. Findings reported that a child improved in domains i.e. fine and gross motor, self-behavior, communication and sensory motor with an average percentage.CONCLUSIONIt was concluded that OT is an integral part of rehabilitation that showed favorable treatment outcomes as perceived by parents of children with special needs. Further studies are needed to investigate the role of parents in a child’s improvement and level of functionality for effective management.