How Occupational Therapy Staff Spend Their Work Time

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This article summarises the main findings from a survey of the treatment and treatment-related activities used during one working week by 157 occupational therapy staff working in Southampton and South West Hants Health Authority. Forty eight per cent of overall work time was spent in direct treatment, while 32% was spent in treatment-related work and 20% in other work activities. Treatment was carried out predominantly by technical and helper staff, while occupational therapists spent more time in treatment-related activities. The most extensively used treatment category was Personal Activities of Daily Living which took up 6.80% of work time, while the most extensively recorded treatment-related category was Verbal Communication which took up 7.88% of work time. Very little home visiting was carried out, except by occupational therapists working in physical medicine.

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