The Effect of a Community-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention on Occupational Justice and Social Participation in Syrian Refugees: A Non-Invasive Clinical Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 16
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Occupational Justice Scale for Refugees (OJS-R)
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to examine the effects of a community-based occupational therapy intervention on occupational justice, participation in daily life activities, occupational performance, satisfaction, and overall functioning among Syrian refugees living in Turkey. Refugees frequently encounter social, economic, and environmental barriers that restrict their engagement in meaningful daily activities and negatively affect their sense of autonomy, belonging, and participation. Addressing these complex challenges requires interventions that extend beyond individual skill development and actively target social participation, access to community resources, and justice in everyday occupations.
In this study, a structured community-based occupational therapy intervention has been developed based on the Participatory Occupational Justice Framework. The intervention is designed to enhance participants' access to community resources, support engagement in meaningful daily activities, strengthen social participation, and promote empowerment and self-determination. The program consists of group-based, activity-oriented sessions implemented within real-life community settings to facilitate contextualized learning and participation.
A total of 16 adult Syrian refugees are planned to be enrolled in the study and assigned to either an intervention group or a control group using a parallel-group design. Participants in the intervention group will receive a five-week community-based occupational therapy program comprising ten structured sessions. Participants in the control group will receive a single informational session focusing on daily life and available services in Turkey. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and immediately after the intervention using standardized measures of occupational justice, occupational performance and satisfaction, participation in daily activities, and overall functioning.
The findings of this study are expected to provide evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based occupational therapy interventions in promoting occupational justice, participation, and functional well-being among refugee populations. The results are also anticipated to contribute to the development of rights-based, inclusive, and participation-focused rehabilitation practices for forcibly displaced communities.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Being a Syrian refugee,
- •Being 18 years of age or older,
- •Having sufficient Turkish language proficiency to communicate effectively,
- •Willingness to participate in the study voluntarily and providing written informed consent.
排除标准
- •Inability to communicate in Turkish,
- •Presence of a cognitive or neurological condition that may interfere with communication or participation in the assessment
- •Presence of a serious health condition that may prevent regular attendance at the intervention or educational sessions.
研究组 & 干预措施
Control - Information Session
Participants in this arm will receive a single informational session related to daily life in Turkey, including basic information about social services and community resources. No occupational therapy intervention will be provided during the study period.
干预措施: Information Session on Daily Life in Turkey (Behavioral)
Community-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention
Participants in this arm will receive a structured community-based occupational therapy intervention developed based on the Participatory Occupational Justice Framework. The intervention will consist of ten group-based sessions delivered over five weeks, focusing on access to community resources, meaningful daily activities, social participation, empowerment, and occupational justice
干预措施: Community-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Occupational Justice Scale for Refugees (OJS-R)
时间窗: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the 5-week intervention period
Occupational justice will be assessed using the Occupational Justice Scale for Refugees (OJS-R), a 30-item interviewer-administered scale developed to evaluate occupational injustice experiences among refugee populations. The scale includes five subdomains: occupational deprivation, occupational alienation, occupational marginalization, occupational discrimination, and occupational imbalance. Higher total scores indicate higher levels of occupational injustice. The measure will be used to evaluate changes in participants' occupational justice perceptions following the intervention.
次要结局
- Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)(Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the 5-week intervention period)
- World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)(Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the 5-week intervention period)
研究者
Muhammed Rohat YAZICI
Lecturer and Occupational Therapist, PhD
London South Bank University