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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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
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.
Michael Jensen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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This page is a summary of: The occupational therapy process in workplace wellness: A qualitative study of client experience, Work, March 2024, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/wor-230723.
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