Restful Rehabilitation: Sleep’s Essential Role in Occupational Therapy Education, Intervention, and Research
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: All humans have the occupational right to sleep; therefore, occupational therapy practitioners must prioritize sleep with their clients. In this column, we identify ways to incorporate sleep health into the education and training of occupational therapy practitioners. This starts with identifying entry-level and continuing education opportunities to proclaim sleep as an occupation and a basic biological need. Current practitioners must recognize that sleep health is multidisciplinary, and existing interventions can help clients achieve good sleep health throughout their lifespan. Given the paucity of sleep research in occupational therapy, the potential exists to investigate new, occupation-based assessments and interventions. We provide specific approaches to expand sleep and sleep health knowledge in occupational therapy education, practice, and research.
Institutions: Radford University, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Colorado State University, Quinnipiac University, University of Manchester, Saint Joseph's University, HAN University of Applied Sciences, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Pittsburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Occupational Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4403279917