About

Professor Jason M Beneciuk is associated with the Department of Physical Therapy at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida. The department, established in 1958, is dedicated to excellence in education, research, and service, with a focus on physical therapy and rehabilitation science. The department offers programs including a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and a PhD in Rehabilitation Science, emphasizing diverse disciplines that support the advancement of human health through basic and applied research. The faculty, including Professor Beneciuk, are involved in various research activities, community engagement, and clinical services, such as the PT Equal Access Clinic providing free physical therapy services. The department's research areas include neurorehabilitation, biomechanics, imaging, neuromuscular disease, and other aspects of health sciences aimed at improving patient outcomes and advancing the field of physical therapy.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Medicine
• Business
• Medical emergency
• Clinical psychology
• Physical therapy
• Nursing
• Psychotherapist

Selected publications

• Librarian and Researcher Assessments of Search Result Relevance: How Well Do They Align?

  Medical Reference Services Quarterly · 2023 · 2 citations

  • Information Retrieval
  • Computer Science
  • Medical education

  Conducting comprehensive but efficient literature searches for complex evidence syntheses involves selecting databases that will retrieve the greatest number of relevant results on the question. Lack of a comprehensive single database on allied health educational topics challenges those seeking such literature. In this study, six participants contributed research questions on instructional methods and materials for allied health patients, caregivers, and future health professionals. Two health sciences librarians created search strategies for these questions and searched eleven databases. Both the librarians and the six participants evaluated the search results using a rubric based on PICO to assess extent of alignment between the librarians' and requestors' relevance judgments. Intervention, Outcome, and Assessment Method constituted the most frequent bases for assessments of relevance by both librarians and participants. The librarians were more restrictive in all of their assessments except in a preliminary search yielding twelve citations without abstracts. The study's results could be used to identify effective techniques for reference interviewing, selecting databases, and weeding search results.

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• PROTOCOL: Fear avoidance model psychological factors as predictors for persistent post‐concussion clinical outcomes: An integrative review

  Campbell Systematic Reviews · 2023 · 5 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Psychology
  • Clinical psychology
  • Medicine

  Background: Persisting symptoms after concussion (PSaC) include physical, cognitive, and psychological symptoms which contribute to rehabilitation challenges. Previous research has not thoroughly investigated the association between PSaC and pain-related psychological factors. Therefore, there is an opportunity to use current pain models, such as the Fear Avoidance Model (FAM), as a framework to explore these relationships. The goals of this integrative review are to (1) identify and describe range of evidence that explores relationships between psychological factors and clinical outcomes in patients with PSaC, and (2) develop a comprehensive understanding of FAM-specific psychological factors that have been identified as potential predictors of clinical outcomes in patients with PSaC. Methods: This review will be based on principles and stages of an integrative review which will allow for inclusion of diverse methodologies: (1) problem formulation, (2) literature search, (3) data evaluation, (4) data analysis, and (5) presentation. Methods for reporting this review will be informed by the 2020 PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews. Discussion: The findings from this integrative review will inform healthcare professionals working in post-concussion rehabilitation settings regarding relationships between FAM psychological factors and PSaC-an area that until recently has not been thoroughly explored. Additionally, this review will inform the development of other reviews and clinical studies to further investigate relationships between FAM psychological factors and PSaC. Integrative Review Registration: OSF DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/CNGPW.

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• Exploring the Patient-Provider Relationship in Older Adult Pain Management

  Innovation in Aging · 2021 · 2 citations

  • Nursing
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

  Abstract Successful health outcomes in older patients are linked to the quality of the patient-provider relationship. Our study objective was to further understand the role of this relationship specific to pain management through perspectives from older adults and healthcare providers. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 9 older adults and 11 multidisciplinary healthcare providers. Transcripts were analyzed using a thematic analysis. Three main concepts emerged: (1) defining pain management goals — differences in providers and patients’ goals for pain and function, with sub-themes of realistic goal setting and a shift in pain treatment to minimize opioids as a first-line medication; (2) communication — perceived gap in providers communicating and coordinating across disciplines and with patients, with sub-themes of improving positive communication and inconsistent messaging among providers; and (3) therapeutic alliance — all parties feel that developing a relationship is built on consistent trust and open dialogue. Although providers and older adults often expressed similar perspectives, there were several areas of misalignment identified within each concept, representing areas of disconnect within the patient-provider pain management relationship. Our findings indicate providers could benefit from education on improving communication around realistic goals and patient-centered outcomes and incorporation of more holistic pain management approaches when working with older adult patients. Further study should focus on developing educational interventions to address the identified shortcomings.

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Frequent coauthors

• Steven Z. George

  Clinical Research Institute

  2 shared

• Monika Patel

  MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

  2 shared

• Brittany Johnson

  University of Florida Health

  2 shared

• Mark D. Bishop

  2 shared

• Jennifer Brailsford

  Ta Solutions (China)

  2 shared

• Robin Moorman Li

  Florida College

  2 shared

• Aliyah Snyder

  University of Florida

  1 shared

• Jane Morgan‐Daniel

  University of Florida Health Science Center

  1 shared

Labs

• Physical TherapyPI

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