JMIR Publications

ABSTRACT

Background:

Healthy ageing is a pressing public health priority. Focussing on what people do every day may be a meaningful approach to lifestyle change suggesting a need for occupation therapy interventions to promote healthy ageing. A preliminary database search was conducted, and no current or underway systematic or scoping reviews on the topic were identified. Developing an overview of studies of occupational therapy interventions to promote healthy ageing is a necessary first step to understanding the existing knowledge and to increase the impact of future interventions. This scoping review will build on previously conducted reviews.

Objective:

This scoping review will identify the following: (1) What occupational therapy interventions exist for promoting healthy ageing in community-dwelling adults? (2) What are the intervention characteristics and their evaluated outcome and impact observed?

Methods:

This protocol was reviewed by two occupational therapists as part of a patient and public involvement consultation. The review will consider all studies and publications of occupational therapy focussed on promoting healthy ageing in community-dwelling adults who are aged 18 years and older. Databases to be searched are AMED, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, JBI EBP database, Medline, OALster, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, Proquest nursing and allied health source, PubMed, and Science Direct. Articles published in any language will be included. Titles and abstracts will be screened against the inclusion criteria using Covidence. Potentially relevant studies will be retrieved in full and assessed against the inclusion criteria. No date limiters will be used. Study selection will be completed by 2 independent reviewers. Data will be extracted using a data extraction tool.

Results:

Data will be charted using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist in alignment with the review objectives. The scoping review will be reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols statement.

Conclusions:

This scoping review will produce valuable information about occupation-based interventions to promote healthy ageing to support the development of occupational therapy interventions.