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The Role of the Occupational Therapist in Disaster Areas: Systematic Review

BACKGROUND: Disasters are increasingly more frequent events on our planet. During disaster the role of the occupational therapist will require a more specific operative framework within nongovernmental organizations and community health services. DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this...

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Autores principales: Parente, M., Tofani, M., De Santis, R., Esposito, G., Santilli, V., Galeoto, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5612682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29097975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6474761
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author Parente, M.
Tofani, M.
De Santis, R.
Esposito, G.
Santilli, V.
Galeoto, G.
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Tofani, M.
De Santis, R.
Esposito, G.
Santilli, V.
Galeoto, G.
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description BACKGROUND: Disasters are increasingly more frequent events on our planet. During disaster the role of the occupational therapist will require a more specific operative framework within nongovernmental organizations and community health services. DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the evidence that highlight occupational therapist's role in disaster area through a systematic review. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Research on MEDLINE was performed. All articles from 2005 to 2015 concerning rehabilitation and occupational therapy in disaster areas were included. RESULTS: Ten studies were selected to be included in this review. Four interesting points emerged: the importance of having rehabilitation intervention in postdisaster situations, the necessity to include a rehabilitation team in the early phase of disaster response, the need to provide a method to address the difficult evacuation, and finding the safest method of transport of people with preexisting disabilities and new injuries. CONCLUSIONS: The amount of evidence with respect to specific intervention of the occupational therapist's role in a disaster situation is limited. However some evidence suggests that it could be a good means for reducing the number of medical complications and deaths of persons with preexisting disabilities. The evidences found highlight the necessity to create a multidisciplinary team addressing needs in disasters situation, in which the occupational therapist could certainly contribute.
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spelling pubmed-56126822017-09-28 The Role of the Occupational Therapist in Disaster Areas: Systematic Review Parente, M. Tofani, M. De Santis, R. Esposito, G. Santilli, V. Galeoto, G. Occup Ther Int Review Article BACKGROUND: Disasters are increasingly more frequent events on our planet. During disaster the role of the occupational therapist will require a more specific operative framework within nongovernmental organizations and community health services. DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the evidence that highlight occupational therapist's role in disaster area through a systematic review. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Research on MEDLINE was performed. All articles from 2005 to 2015 concerning rehabilitation and occupational therapy in disaster areas were included. RESULTS: Ten studies were selected to be included in this review. Four interesting points emerged: the importance of having rehabilitation intervention in postdisaster situations, the necessity to include a rehabilitation team in the early phase of disaster response, the need to provide a method to address the difficult evacuation, and finding the safest method of transport of people with preexisting disabilities and new injuries. CONCLUSIONS: The amount of evidence with respect to specific intervention of the occupational therapist's role in a disaster situation is limited. However some evidence suggests that it could be a good means for reducing the number of medical complications and deaths of persons with preexisting disabilities. The evidences found highlight the necessity to create a multidisciplinary team addressing needs in disasters situation, in which the occupational therapist could certainly contribute. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5612682/ /pubmed/29097975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6474761 Text en Copyright © 2017 M. Parente et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Esposito, G.
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