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A longitudinal study of the turning points and trajectories of therapeutic relationship development in occupational and physical therapy

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Title
A longitudinal study of the turning points and trajectories of therapeutic relationship development in occupational and physical therapy
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BMC Health Services Research, January 2021
DOI 10.1186/s12913-021-06095-y
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Ayana Horton, Gail Hebson, David Holman

Abstract

The importance of the therapeutic relationship is widely recognised across healthcare professions. Despite the importance of therapeutic relationships, there are significant gaps in the knowledge base on how these relationships develop. To address these gaps, this study explores relationship dynamics by identifying relational turning points and trajectories in therapeutic relationships between occupational therapists and physical therapists and their patients. The implications for how a focus on these relational aspects can enhance clinical practice will be discussed. Data collection was based on the Retrospective Interview Technique and consisted of two phases. In the first phase patients and therapists were asked to tell the story of their therapeutic relationship development and as part of this, identify the turning points that occurred. In the second phase, therapists-patient dyads were observed from their first interaction to their last to identify potential turning points and at the end of the relationship a participant verification interview was conducted with both dyadic partners individually. Template analysis was used to analyse the data. Therapists identified 6 distinct categories of turning points; Progress Towards Goals, Set-backs in Progress Towards Goals, Interpersonal Affective Bonding with Patients, Interpersonal Problems with Patients, Positive Feedback, and Negative Feedback. Patients identified 5 categories of turning points; Progress Towards Goals, Set-backs in Progress Towards Goals, Interpersonal Affective Bonding with Therapists, Agreement with Therapist and Change in Treatment. These turning points varied regarding their impact on the trajectory of the therapeutic relationship. The trajectory patterns identified were stable, upward, downward, and multidirectional. This study makes an important contribution to our understanding of therapeutic relationship dynamics in the occupational and physical therapy context. The results expose the challenges that therapists and patients face in building high-quality therapeutic relationships, the diversity of therapeutic relationships, and how these relationships develop over time. This is the first study to use a turning point analysis in research on therapeutic relationships.

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Unknown 60 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 27%
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Student > Postgraduate 2 3%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 3%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 26 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 23 38%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 5%
Psychology 3 5%
Sports and Recreations 2 3%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 25 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 February 2021.
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#13,225,615
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Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#4,414
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#226,981
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#89
of 145 outputs
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