Title of article :
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure Supported by Talking Mats: An Evaluation of the Clinical Utility
Author/Authors :
Krohn, Mette VIAUniversityCollege - Gl.Struervej - Holstebro, Denmark , Hagelskjær, Vita VIAUniversityCollege - Gl.Struervej - Holstebro, Denmark , Christensen, PiaSusanne BytoftenLivingandActivityCenter - Bytoften - Herning, Denmark , Christensen, JeanetteReffstrup TheResearchInitiativeforActivityStudiesandOccupationalTherapy - ResearchUnitforGeneralPractice - Departmentof PublicHealth - UniversityofSouthernDenmark - JBWinsløwsvej - Odense, Denmark
Abstract :
Someclientswithcognitiveandcommunicativeimpairmentsafterabraininjuryareunabletoparticipateinthe
CanadianOccupationalPerformanceMeasure(COPM)withoutsupport.Thestudyoriginatesfromanassumptionthatsomeof
theseclientsareabletoparticipateindependentlyintheCOPMinterviewbyusingavisualmaterial.Aim.Theaimwasto
investigatetheclinicalutilityofCOPMsupportedbyTalkingMats(TM)forcommunity-basedclientswithcognitiveand
communicativeimpairments.Methods.Sixclients(51–60years)wereincluded.AftermatchingthevisualmaterialofTMto
COPM,theCOPMinterviewwasadministeredtwicewithanintervalof10days,onceusingTMandoncewithout.Interviews
werevideotapedandstudiedbysixevaluators.Results.ThemostobviousbenefitsofusingTMasasupportivetoolinthe
COPMinterviewwererelatedtothefirsttwostepsoftheCOPMinterview.Conclusion.UsingTMintheCOPMinterviewwith
clientswithcognitiveandcommunicativeimpairmentsafterabraininjuryisrecommendedasthebasisforgoalsetting.The
presentstudydemonstratesapossibilitytoincludeaCOPMinterviewtoclientswhohadnotbeenabletocompleteaCOPM
interviewandthusstartarehabilitationprocessinaclient-centeredmanner.
Keywords :
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure Supported , Talking Mats , Evaluation , Clinical Utility , TM , COPM , Bytoften Living and Activity Center ( BLAC )
Journal title :
Occupational Therapy International
