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

Table 3 A comparison of barriers and facilitators between patients/caregivers’ and practitioners perspectives in rehabilitation services

	OT HCP	OT PTs	PT HCP	PT PTs	SLP HCP	SLP PTs	Aud HCP	AUD PTs
Barriers
Language barriers	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖	✖
Limited resources	✔	✖	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖	✖
Influence of cultural difference	✔	✖	✔	✖	✔	✖	✖	✖
Facilitators
Cultural awareness amongst practitioners	✔	✔	✖	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖
Cultural awareness in services	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✔	✖
Explanations of health care systems	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✔	✖	✖

OT Occupational Therapy, PT Physiotherapy, SLP Speech-language pathology, Aud Audiology, HCP Health care practitioners, PTs Patients, ✔ Confirmed in studies, ✖ No study availability

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