What is therapeutic about task-oriented occupational therapy groups?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What can expeirences of service users attending, and staff involved in, therapeutically enriched, task-oriented group environments (TOGs) in occupational therapy mental health inpatient settings reveal about how these types of TOGs benefit the mental health of adult male and female attendees.
IRAS ID
212744
Contact name
John Chacksfield
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Canterbury Christ Church University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 12 months, 0 days
Research summary
This research is about investigating the therapeutic experiences of staff and service users involved in or attending task-based group activities within occupational therapy environments. It will focus on occupational therapy environments such as the art room, the garden or ceramics or jewellery-making.
As part of the research we hope to begin to identify and form a theory about the therapeutic benefits of these task-based groups and identify the effect they have on participants.
Participants will be adult (age 18-65) men and women who are inpatients and who attend occupational therapy groups and also relevant staff. Relevant staff are those who are normally involved in running these task-based groups or occupational therapists referring their patients to the groups.
Participants may be asked to take part in focus groups and individual interviews as well as completion of questionnaires.REC name
West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/WM/0387
Date of REC Opinion
16 Jan 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion