Driving Rehabilitation by Occupational Therapists in Malaysia: What are the Current Practices? (Pemulihan Pemanduan oleh Ahli Terapi Cara Kerja di Malaysia: Apakah Amalan Semasa?)
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2022-2002-12
- Author:
YUN XUN CHANG
1
;
HANIF FARHAN MOHD RASDI
2
;
DZALANI HARUN
2
;
HUI YUAN LAU
3
;
WEN XIN LIM
2
Author Information
1. Occupational Therapy Department, SOCSO Tun Razak Rehabilitation Centre, 75450, Bemban, Melaka, Malaysia
2. Occupational Therapy Programme, Center for Rehabilitation and Special Needs Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM
3. Occupational Therapy Department, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Jalan Langat, 41200 Klang, Malaysia
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Occupational therapy;
driving rehabilitation;
off-road driving evaluation;
return to driving;
psychometrics;
validity;
reliability
- From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences
2022;20(No.2):129-137
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Occupational therapists have a significant role in driving rehabilitation by helping clients with disabilities to return to
driving. To date, the services for driving rehabilitation are still limited in Malaysia. Furthermore, the current practice
of driving rehabilitation in Malaysia is still underreported. Therefore, this study aims to assess occupational therapists’
challenges, attitudes, and skills towards driving rehabilitation, the sociodemographic differences, and associations
between the developed constructs. A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to September 2020. A convenience
sampling method was used to recruit 177 occupational therapists with at least one year of working experience in
Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of three constructs: the challenges, attitudes, and skills related to driving
rehabilitation. The content validity of the questionnaire was good (S-CVI/Ave= 0.992; S-CVI/UA= 0.950; modified
kappa= 0.812 to 1.000). Based on the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), three items had been deleted due to low
communalities. The Cronbach’s alpha for all constructs was acceptable (Cronbach’s alpha > 0.7). Experience in
practicing driving rehabilitation, workplace settings, and educational level had significant differences in at least one of
the constructs. Age and years graduated had a significant positive correlation with skills. This questionnaire proved to
be a tool with good content validity and reliability to assess occupational therapists’ challenges, attitudes, and skills
related to driving rehabilitation. In the future, qualitative studies are recommended to better understand the occupational
therapists towards driving rehabilitation, especially from their personal experience.
- Full text:14.2022my0427.pdf
