Objective: This study explored the information needsof rehabilitation therapists (occupational therapists,physical therapists, and speech-languagepathologists) working with patients who have had strokes in order to characterize their clinical questions, defined as their formalized information needs arising in the context of everyday clinical practice. Methods: The researchers took a constructivist,interpretive approach, in which fifteen rehabilitationtherapists working in various settings were recruited.Data were gathered using diaries, followed by diaryguidedinterviews, and thematically analyzed usingtemplate analysis.Results: Rehabilitation therapists’ clinical questionswere characterized as having one or more of twelvefoci and containing one or more of eight possiblestructural elements.Conclusions: Findings demonstrate that the evidencebasedpractice framework currently applied forquestions relating to rehabilitation is inadequate forrepresenting rehabilitation therapists’ clinicalquestions. A new framework that is morecomprehensive and descriptive is proposed. (...)
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