Rehabilitation Research in Denmark Between 2001 and 2020: A Scoping Review.
Anne-Mette Hedeager Momsen, Jasmine Charlotte Fox, Claus Vinther Nielsen and 2 others
PMID 36188956WHAT IT FOUND
1,779 Danish rehabilitation studies were mostly about musculoskeletal conditions, cancer, and cardiac disease.
Few covered rheumatic disease, diabetes, or substance abuse, and hospitals contributed most work.
Key findings
01A total of 1,779 studies were included, covering 24 broad study groups.
02The largest groups were musculoskeletal, cancer, and cardiac, with 342, 228, and 174 studies.
03Rheumatic diseases, diabetes, and substance abuse had only 5, 7, and 8 studies, respectively.
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What it does not show
The review did not assess the quality of the included studies, so it cannot show how trustworthy the mapped research is. The search required 'rehab' in the title or abstract, so studies called prevention, restorative care, psychosocial intervention, or reablement may have been missed. The number of studies may be too high because some had nearly the same title and some authors published several papers on the same population or topic. Some study groups may overlap or be misclassified, such as elderly and cardiac, or rheumatic and diabetes studies placed in musculoskeletal or mixed groups. The review did not examine the aims or outcomes of the included studies, so it does not show whether functioning, participation, or quality of life was measured. It searched only healthcare databases, so rehabilitation research outside those databases may not have been captured.
Declared interests
The research was supported by the VELUX-FONDEN (jr.nr. 00040238). The authors declared no commercial or financial relationships that could be seen as a conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this paper as evidence that any rehabilitation treatment works. It maps what studies have been published in Denmark and does not assess treatment effects or study quality.