Effectiveness of Interventions Provided by Rehabilitation Counselors: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Published Between 2000 and 2022
Lynda R. Matthews et al.
What the paper says
This review identified interventions delivered by rehabilitation counselors and evaluated their effectiveness in delivering identified outcomes. We searched eight electronic databases for quantitative studies with results of interventions that rehabilitation counselors delivered in part or entirely. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool identified the quality of extracted studies, and the National Health and Medical Research Council’s strength-of-evidence criteria determined intervention effectiveness. From 2,125 search citations, 35 publications reported outcomes from 23 interventions tested in 25 studies. Studies comprised nine randomized controlled trials, six non-randomized control/comparison group studies, and ten treatment-only cohort studies. Most studies were moderate to high quality and were from the United States. Fifteen interventions had adequate strength of evidence to be deemed effective compared to treatment-as-usual or comparison interventions. Effective interventions were for people with mental health and substance use conditions, learning, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, physical trauma or injury, autoimmune disease, visual loss, and broadly defined disability. Results reinforce rehabilitation counselors’ utility in effectively improving vocational and psychosocial outcomes in varied service settings and with diverse populations. Findings offer a benchmark for research development that evaluates interventions delivered by rehabilitation counselors in existing and emerging areas of practice areas.
Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
| M · momentum | 0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
† Text relevance is estimated at 0.50 on the detail page — for your query’s actual relevance score, open this paper from a search result.