Document Type

Capstone

Abstract

The devastating rate of relapse continues to impact the roles, occupational participation, and occupational performance of individuals in recovery. The purpose of this capstone project was to positively impact local substance abuse recovery programs by increasing their knowledge and understanding of occupational therapy's (OT) role in relapse prevention within substance abuse recovery using an evidence-based educational in-service presentation. The educational in-service described OT, the common reasons for relapse, evidence-based statistics related to relapse, the effects that substance use has on occupational performance and participation, evidence-based OT interventions, and the benefits of OT in relapse prevention to improve the knowledge and understanding of the participants regarding OT's role in relapse prevention within substance abuse recovery. To measure the outcomes of the educational in-service, a pre-and post-survey with the same five questions asked in Likert format was given to each participant in attendance before and after the educational in-service to obtain quantitative data that could be analyzed. Using the data obtained from the surveys, the results were analyzed and compared to previous evidence-based research to determine the impact of the in-service. The results demonstrated an increase in knowledge and understanding of OT's role in relapse prevention within substance abuse recovery. In the case of this project, the educational in-service was measured as effective in increasing the knowledge and understanding of OT's role in relapse prevention for participants at a substance abuse recovery organization.

Publication Date

4-24-2023

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