Articles
A Study for Perception and Survey on the Status of Occupational Therapists on Parental Counseling and Education in Child Occupational Therapy
- AUTHOR
- 성지영(Ji-Young Sung), 우희순(Hee-Soon Woo), 홍덕기(Deok-Gi Hong), 최유임(Yoo-Im Choi)
- INFORMATION
- page. 95~111 / No 4
- e-ISSN
- 2671-4450
- p-ISSN
- 1226-0134
- Received
- 2022-07-29
- Revised
- 2022-09-26
- Accepted
- 2022-10-06
ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of parental counseling and education in child occupational therapy, and to provide data for planning effective parental counseling and education by examining the perception of such aspects. Methods: In this study, we used a structured questionnaire produced by the researchers. The questionnaire was divided into three areas of “general information about the research subjects,” “parental counseling and education status,” and “the perception of occupational therapists for parental counseling and education,” and consisted of 85 questions. The subjects of the study were occupational therapists. A total of 228 people responded to the questionnaire survey, which was distributed and collected from July 24 to August 31, 2021. Results: As the results of the parent counseling and education indicate, these factors were mainly conducted in a treatment room with the mother present within 10 min after treatment. According to the therapists’ perception of parental counseling and education, all therapists stated that parental counseling and education are essential, and the appropriate target for these factors was “both parents.” However, in the current clinical field, a separate time and place for counseling and education are insufficient, and it has been found that it is difficult to conduct counseling and education for both parents. Moreover, the respondents stated that a protocol for parental counseling and education is needed, and that it will be necessary to complete the related education for achieving the proper effectiveness. Among the correlations between the occupational therapists’ perception, content, effect, and satisfaction with parental counseling and education, that between the content and satisfaction of the results of the therapist was found to be the highest. Conclusion: Based on the results of these studies, it is believed that effective parental counseling and education can be planned and conducted in the field of child occupational therapy and can help with the development of protocols and guidelines in the future.