• 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

  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    12
  • 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
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Record number

    2616236