Table 1.
Study characteristics
| Study | Rehabilitation field | Location | Design | No. Of Participants | Study goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Busaidy and Borthwick 2012 [48] | OT | Oman | Interviews | 11 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Centeno 2009 [33] | SLP | USA | Surveys | 33 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Dogan et al 2009 [34]a | PT | Turkey | Surveys | 50 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision and reception experiences |
| Dressler and Pils 2009 [35] | PT, SLP, OT | Austria | Interviews | 28 Practitioners: 1 SLP, 2 OTs, 1 PT; 24 others | Examines practitioners perception of cross-cultural communication experiences |
| Drolet et al. 2014 [32] | OT, SLP | Canada | Focus groups | 43 Practitioners: 21 in healthb, 22 in social services | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Guiberson and Atkins, 2012 [36] | SLP | USA | Survey | 154 Practitioners | Inquired about practitioners backgrounds, training, and experiences with service delivery |
| Jaggi and Bithell 1995 [44] | PT | Bangladesh | Survey | 68 Practitioners | Inquired about practitioners experiences, knowledge, and attitudes regarding service delivery |
| Khamisha 1997 Part 1 & 2 [37, 53] | OT | Glasgow | Survey | 94 Practitioners | Inquired about practitioners perceptions, experiences, knowledge, and attitudes regarding service delivery |
| Kinebanian and Stomph 1992 [46] | OT | Netherlands | Interview | 25 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Kirkham et al. 2009 [57] | Aud | USA | Survey | 103 Practitioners | Inquired about perceptions of speech and language outcome disparities and recommendations to reduce disparities |
| Kirsh, Trentham and Cole 2006 [61] | OT | Canada | Interviews | 14 Consumers | Inquired about minorities’ experiences with receiving services |
| Kohnert et al. 2003 [38] | SLP | USA | Survey | 104 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Kramer-Roy 2012 [62] | OT | United Kingdom | Interviews | 6 caregivers | Inquired about the service needs of Pakistani families with disabled children |
| Kummerer and Lopez-Reyna 2006 [60] | SLP | USA | Interviews | 14 caregivers | Explored the views and beliefs of language development, disabilities, therapy experiences of Mexican immigrant mothers |
| Lee, Sullivan and Lansbury 2006 [58] | PT | Australia | Interviews & Observations | 6 Practitioners | Explored practitioners strategies with service delivery |
| Lindsay et al. 2012 [12] | OT, PT | Canada | Interviews & Focus Groups | 13 Practitioners & coordinators: 2 PTs, 2 OTs, 9 others | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Lindsay et al. 2014 [39] | OT | Canada | Interviews | 17 Practitioners | Explored practitioners strategies with service delivery |
| Maul, 2010 [54] | SLP | USA | Interviews | 9 Practitioners | Explored cultural competency skills in practitioners |
| Munoz 2007 [55] | OT | USA | Interviews | 12 Practitioners | Explored practitioners’ perceptions of culturally competent service delivery |
| Nelson and Allison 2007 [43] | OT | Australia | Part 1: Interviews & focus groups Part 2: Surveys |
Part 1: 25 Stakeholders including 8 caregivers Part 2: 50 Practitioners |
Explored practitioners’ perceptions of culturally competent service delivery |
| Nelson, Allison, and Copley 2007 [49] | OT | Australia | Part 1: Survey Part 2: Focus groups & Interviews |
Part 1: 50 Practitioners Part 2: 25 Stakeholders including 8 caregivers |
Inquired about service provision and reception experiences |
| Nelson et al. 2011 [56] | OT | Australia | Survey & Workshop discussion | 41 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Phipps 1995 [40] | OT | Australia | Survey | 65 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Phoon and Maclagan 2009 [50] | SLP | Malaysia | Survey | 38 Practitioners | Explored practitioners experiences with using assessments |
| Roseberry-McKibbon and Eicholtz 1994 [41] | SLP | USA | Survey | 1145 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Roseberry-Mckibbon, Brice and O’Hanlon, 2005 [42] | SLP | USA | Survey | 1736 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Stedman and Thomas 2011 [51] | OT | Australia | Interviews | 7 Practitioners | Inquired about service provision experiences |
| Watts and Carlson, 2002 [52] | OT | Australia | Interviews | 8 Practitioners | Inquired about practitioners’ experiences, perspectives and recommendations regarding service provision |
| Williams and McLeod 2012 [45] | SLP | Australia | Survey | 128 Practitioners | Inquired about practitioners’ experiences and perspectives regarding service provision |
| Yang et al. 2006 [47] | OT | Singapore | Interviews | 9 Practitioners | Explored the applicability of OT frameworks in Oman context |
| Yeowell 2010 [59] | PT | England | Interviews | 6 Patients | Inquired about the service needs of Pakistani women |
OT Occupational Therapy, PT Physiotherapy, SLP Speech-language pathology, Aud Audiology
aThis study did not have/require ethical clearance
bThis study does not specify the number of practitioners per rehabilitation field