Systematic review of occupational therapy in pulmonary rehabilitation in Japan over the past 10 years

Abstract

This systematic review was carried out to investigate occupational therapy research for respiratory disease 10 years after revision of medical fee remuneration in Japan. The method extracted reports from occupational therapy for respiratory disease patients from 8 databases and hand search. As a result, 5 papers in Japanese were extracted. The content of occupational therapy papers for patients with respiratory diseases was evaluation of higher brain dysfunction, ADL/IADL training, and survey of social life. In the future, it is necessary to increase the number of occupational therapy research on respiratory disease patients and to verify their usefulness.