Costas Franco, CarlotaRivas-Quarneti, NataliaGonzález-García, Carla2025-08-212025-08-212025-04-08Costas-Franco C, Rivas-Quarneti NY, González-García C. A scoping review exploring occupation-based research on trauma: a colour palette to paint richer horizons. Scand J Occup Ther. 2025 Jan;32(1):2483502.1103-8128https://hdl.handle.net/2183/45608Review[Abstract] Background: Trauma is a growing topic of interest in occupational therapy. Situating its available occupation-based evidence will allow to use it in practice, research, policy, and education. Aims/objectives: To explore occupation-based research on trauma, providing contextual and content information. Material and methods: A scoping review was conducted, scanning peer-reviewed articles in English, Spanish, and French from Web of Science, Scopus, Psycinfo, SciELO, Dialnet, and two non-indexed occupational therapy journals. A quantitative descriptive analysis of context and a thematic qualitative analysis of content were undertaken. Results: 34 articles were selected. The context analysis is summarised as '27 years generating knowledge in myriad ways with an Anglo-saxon predominance', while the content analysis identified three themes, which were grouped under the overarching theme of 'Occupational-based research on trauma as a colour palette'. Conclusions: Occupation-based research on trauma is expanding, with significant efforts to inform and ground theoretical understandings of trauma from an occupational perspective. Significance: The insights from this review support the adoption of a critical occupational perspective on trauma in practice and future knowledge development.engAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Across the lifespanBibliometricsOccupationPosttraumatic stress disorderScope of practiceTraumareviewopen access10.1080/11038128.2025.2483502