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## Background: Occupational therapists address occupations, performance skills, and client factors that interfere with the successful occupational engagement in everyday activities, including psychosocial factors. however, due to the biomechanical model focus within hand therapy clinics, provision of a holistic care plan remains challenging for occupational therapists. if a client's psychosocial functioning is not addressed, progress toward a full recovery may be limited. ## Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify how occupational therapists who are certified hand therapists (chts), address and provide interventions to clients with psychosocial factors that negatively impact function. ## Study design: Mixed-method. ## Methods: Chts completed an electronic survey (n = 117) followed by a virtual focus group (n = 9). survey data analysis included descriptive and correlational statistics to highlight frequencies, ranges, and relationships between the participant demographics and the selection of assessment and the intervention approaches. thematic analysis guided the qualitative coding of the focus group transcripts. ## Results: Of the 117 survey respondents, 79% reported fr

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Author

Melinda B. Kurrus; Vanessa D. Jewell; Steven Gerardi; Michael Gerg; Yongyue Qi

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)