Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38186963›Full record

ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2024

Competency acquisition among rehabilitation professionals supporting older residents' community-based activities in Japan: a qualitative study.

Mutsumi Nakamura, Yoshifumi Urabe, Noriko Kanauchi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mutsumi NakamuraDepartment of Physical Therapy, Tohto University Faculty of Human Care at Makuhari: 1-1 Hibino Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0021, Japan.
Yoshifumi UrabeDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ohashi Hospital, Japan.
Noriko KanauchiDepartment of Physical Therapy, Tohto University Faculty of Human Care at Makuhari: 1-1 Hibino Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0021, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] In Japan, community-gathering initiatives for older residents often involve support from rehabilitation professionals. However, the quality of this support varies. This study aimed to clarify the rehabilitation professionals' competency-acquisition process for establishing better support methods and processes, thereby reducing regional and individual differences. [Participants and Methods] The study included 10 rehabilitation professionals (nine physical therapists and one occupational therapist; eight males and two females, aged 34-57 years) with 2-7 years of experience facilitating community gatherings. Semi-structured interviews and the modified grounded theory approach were used. [Results] The results of this study identified 38 concepts, 15 subcategories, and finally the following 6 categories pertaining to the effective support process of care prevention: "not confident", "prepare for support", "form a rapport", "know the field", "implement effective support", and "utilize support experiences". [Conclusion] To prevent long-term frailty among older residents, rehabilitation professionals should 1) establish a system for ensuring their participation in the project, 2) understand the core principles of community rehabilitation, 3) facilitate residents' initiatives, and 4) mediate group activities. Apart from conventional physical-therapy skills, rehabilitation professionals must acquire specific competencies to support community gatherings as a part of their education, such as providing indirect group support rather than direct individual support.

Indexed as

Long-term frailtyQualitative inductive studyRehabilitation professionals

Identifiers

PMID38186963
PMCPMC10766407

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.