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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Barriers and facilitators to cultural competence in rehabilitation services: a scoping review

Study

Rehabilitation field

Location

Design

No. Of Participants

Study goals

Al Busaidy and Borthwick 2012 [48]

OT

Oman

Interviews

11 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Centeno 2009 [33]

SLP

USA

Surveys

33 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Dogan et al 2009 [34]a

PT

Turkey

Surveys

50 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision and reception experiences

Dressler and Pils 2009 [35]

PT, SLP, OT

Austria

Interviews

28 Practitioners: 1 SLP, 2 OTs, 1 PT; 24 others

Examines practitioners perception of cross-cultural communication experiences

Drolet et al. 2014 [32]

OT, SLP

Canada

Focus groups

43 Practitioners: 21 in healthb, 22 in social services

Inquired about service provision experiences

Guiberson and Atkins, 2012 [36]

SLP

USA

Survey

154 Practitioners

Inquired about practitioners backgrounds, training, and experiences with service delivery

Jaggi and Bithell 1995 [44]

PT

Bangladesh

Survey

68 Practitioners

Inquired about practitioners experiences, knowledge, and attitudes regarding service delivery

Khamisha 1997 Part 1 & 2 [37, 53]

OT

Glasgow

Survey

94 Practitioners

Inquired about practitioners perceptions, experiences, knowledge, and attitudes regarding service delivery

Kinebanian and Stomph 1992 [46]

OT

Netherlands

Interview

25 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Kirkham et al. 2009 [57]

Aud

USA

Survey

103 Practitioners

Inquired about perceptions of speech and language outcome disparities and recommendations to reduce disparities

Kirsh, Trentham and Cole 2006 [61]

OT

Canada

Interviews

14 Consumers

Inquired about minorities’ experiences with receiving services

Kohnert et al. 2003 [38]

SLP

USA

Survey

104 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Kramer-Roy 2012 [62]

OT

United Kingdom

Interviews

6 caregivers

Inquired about the service needs of Pakistani families with disabled children

Kummerer and Lopez-Reyna 2006 [60]

SLP

USA

Interviews

14 caregivers

Explored the views and beliefs of language development, disabilities, therapy experiences of Mexican immigrant mothers

Lee, Sullivan and Lansbury 2006 [58]

PT

Australia

Interviews & Observations

6 Practitioners

Explored practitioners strategies with service delivery

Lindsay et al. 2012 [12]

OT, PT

Canada

Interviews & Focus Groups

13 Practitioners & coordinators: 2 PTs, 2 OTs, 9 others

Inquired about service provision experiences

Lindsay et al. 2014 [39]

OT

Canada

Interviews

17 Practitioners

Explored practitioners strategies with service delivery

Maul, 2010 [54]

SLP

USA

Interviews

9 Practitioners

Explored cultural competency skills in practitioners

Munoz 2007 [55]

OT

USA

Interviews

12 Practitioners

Explored practitioners’ perceptions of culturally competent service delivery

Nelson and Allison 2007 [43]

OT

Australia

Part 1: Interviews & focus groups

Part 2: Surveys

Part 1: 25 Stakeholders including 8 caregivers

Part 2: 50 Practitioners

Explored practitioners’ perceptions of culturally competent service delivery

Nelson, Allison, and Copley 2007 [49]

OT

Australia

Part 1: Survey

Part 2: Focus groups & Interviews

Part 1: 50 Practitioners

Part 2: 25 Stakeholders including 8 caregivers

Inquired about service provision and reception experiences

Nelson et al. 2011 [56]

OT

Australia

Survey & Workshop discussion

41 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Phipps 1995 [40]

OT

Australia

Survey

65 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Phoon and Maclagan 2009 [50]

SLP

Malaysia

Survey

38 Practitioners

Explored practitioners experiences with using assessments

Roseberry-McKibbon and Eicholtz 1994 [41]

SLP

USA

Survey

1145 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Roseberry-Mckibbon, Brice and O’Hanlon, 2005 [42]

SLP

USA

Survey

1736 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Stedman and Thomas 2011 [51]

OT

Australia

Interviews

7 Practitioners

Inquired about service provision experiences

Watts and Carlson, 2002 [52]

OT

Australia

Interviews

8 Practitioners

Inquired about practitioners’ experiences, perspectives and recommendations regarding service provision

Williams and McLeod 2012 [45]

SLP

Australia

Survey

128 Practitioners

Inquired about practitioners’ experiences and perspectives regarding service provision

Yang et al. 2006 [47]

OT

Singapore

Interviews

9 Practitioners

Explored the applicability of OT frameworks in Oman context

Yeowell 2010 [59]

PT

England

Interviews

6 Patients

Inquired about the service needs of Pakistani women

  1. OT Occupational Therapy, PT Physiotherapy, SLP Speech-language pathology, Aud Audiology
  2. aThis study did not have/require ethical clearance
  3. bThis study does not specify the number of practitioners per rehabilitation field