How has the philosophy of pragmatism been addressed in occupational therapy and occupational science? Protocol for a scoping review

2023/11/30 by Souza, Naila Pereira, Morrison, Rodolfo, elizabeth anne kinsella +2
#Medicine and Health Sciences #Occupational Therapy #Rehabilitation and Therapy #occupational science #occupational therapy #philosophy #pragmatism

paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/z2bsh

Abstract

Scoping review protocol to examine the affordances of pragmatism in the occupational therapy and occupational science peer-review literature, in the past ten years. This protocol presents a comprehensive plan to conduct the scoping review. The study aim is to identify the state of knowledge about how the philosophy of pragmatism has been addressed in occupational therapy and occupational science in peer-reviewed literature in the past ten years, specifying subquestions. The inclusion criteria encompasses English, Spanish and Portuguese peer-reviewed literature (conceptual and research studies), with any population and in any physical, geographic, field of practice, and cultural context. The protocol presents the collaborative team strategy for searching databases (PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, MedLine, and Embase) and for selection of papers. Data extraction will include key information from the papers presented in an evidence table. The use of pragmatism in theoretical and methodological aspects will be extracted from the papers, and thematically analyzed.

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