Understanding How Occupational Therapy Promotes Workplace Wellness: A Study of Client Experiences

What is it about?

Occupational therapy is not commonly used in workplace wellness programs, and its benefits in this area aren't fully recognized. This study aimed to understand the experiences of employees who participated in a workplace wellness program that focused on occupational therapy. Overall, participants valued the tailored approach of occupational therapy in the workplace wellness program, seeing it as effective in promoting their well-being and achieving lasting results.

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Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash

Why is it important?

This research supports the role of occupational therapy in workplace wellness and encourages organizations to adopt a holistic approach to employee health and wellbeing that can be facilitated through an occupational therapy lens.

Perspectives

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Workplace wellness is an underdeveloped field with limited consensus and understanding of best practice. I believe that occupational therapy, with its unique holistic training in physical and psychosocial perspectives, coupled with scientific rigor and ability to measure results, is an ideal leader for organizational workplace wellness programs.

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