This study aimed to perform job analysis and develop guidelines for community based home visit occupational therapists. The job analysis of the home visit occupational therapist was performed using the DACUM technique. The definition, duties, tasks, a...
This study aimed to perform job analysis and develop guidelines for community based home visit occupational therapists. The job analysis of the home visit occupational therapist was performed using the DACUM technique. The definition, duties, tasks, and task elements of community based home visit occupational therapists were drawn through a DACUM workshop with 7 home visit occupational therapists on public health centers. The results were validated for 20 home visit occupational therapists on public health centers. Finally, 8 duties, 29 tasks, and 92 task elements were derived based on the content validity ratio. The importance, difficulty, and frequency of each task were investigated in 30 home visit occupational therapists on public health centers, and 22 core tasks were derived using a tree structure method. In order to provide a clinical basis appropriate for the job of a home visit occupational therapist, guidelines were developed based on the guidelines for development and adaptation. 3 guidelines and 17 articles with qualitative evaluation and 49 recommendations were drawn. The core recommendations were a client centered approach and an occupation based approach. The final job analysis and guidelines of community based home visit occupational therapists were developed through expert advice. The guidelines were validated, and most of the recommendations were applicable in clinical practice. The job analysis and guidelines of community based home visit occupational therapists derived from this study provide them to understand the scope of the job easily, and to assist in implementing the evidence based practice in the community. In addition, this study is expected to be used as basic data for additional research on job scope and fees, such as home visit occupational therapy of National Health Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance, which are expected to be activated in the future.