Interview and COPM:

CANADIAN OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE
The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is an individualized measure designed for use by occupational therapists to detect a self-perceived change in occupational performance problems over time.
Name: Mr. John’s. Watson
Age: 45 years
Gender: Male ID#
Respondent(if not client)
Date of Assessment: Planned date of reassessment:
Date of reassessment:
Therapist:
Facility/Agency:
Program: COPM

STEP 1:
IDENTIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE ISSUES
To identify occupational performance problems, concerns and issues, interview the client, asking about daily activities in self-care, productivity, and leisure. Ask clients to identify daily activities which they want to do, need to do or are expected to do by encouraging them to think about a typical day. Then ask the client to identify which of these activities are difficult for them to do now to their satisfaction. Record these activity problems in Steps 1A, 18, or 1C.
He had a condition known as osteoporosis. His bones became thin, and he developed the hip fracture upon felling. Watson had displaced fractures so an operation was done to his hip and he has to follow the hip precautions. His hip cannot go beyond 90 degrees, and he cannot bear any weight that is beyond 30 kilograms, also no crossing leg and no bending his hip.
STEP 2: RATING IMPORTANCE
Using the scoring card provided, ask the client to rate, on a scale of 1 to 10, the importance of each activity.

Place the ratings in the corresponding boxes in Steps 1A, 18, or 1C.
Personal Care (e.g., dressing, bathing, feeding, hygiene)
Dressing- Performing lower body dressing is hard-he requires assistance putting on his socks and shoes.
Bathing- does the bathing by himself at a slower rate-have difficulty in pouring water. He would like to bath faster.
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010

FunctionalMobility (e.g., transfers, indoor, outdoor)
Walking-has difficulty in up and down the stairs
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06
CommunityManagement (e.g., transportation, shopping, finances)
Does not participate in any community work but would like to participate in future. IMPORTANCE
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010
3143258629659
09

STEP 1B: Productivity
Paid/Unpaid Work (e.g., finding/keeping a job, volunteering)
Teaching- does most of his lectures sitting and cannot move around the classroom
HouseholdManagement (e.g., cleaning, laundry, cooking)
Involved in cooking and washing but he does these activities while seated. Does not perform any heavy household activities.
57150016256010
010

6096001530358
08

STEP 1C:
Leisure
Quiet Recreation (e.g., hobbies, crafts, reading)
He loves writing and has written books on various topics. However, he would like to move from one place to another especially when doing research on different topics.
Active Recreation (e.g., sports, outings, travel)
Sports – does not play outdoor games.
Socialization (e.g., visiting, phone calls, parties, correspondence)
Attend church services but would like to attend parties and other socializing events.
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8
55054517557757
07
5334005480058
08

STEPS 3 & 4: SCORING -INITIAL ASSESSMENT and REASSESSMENT
Confirm with the client the 5 most important problems and record them below. Using the scoring cards, ask the client to rate each problem on performance and satisfaction, then calculate the total scores. Total scores are calculated by adding together the performance or satisfaction scores for all problems and dividing by the number of problems. At reassessment, the client scores each problem again for performance and satisfaction. Calculate the new scores and the change score.
Initial Assessment
OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS:
Difficulty in walking up and down the stairs
Difficulty in performing lower body dressing
Bathing at a slower rate
Difficulty in doing physical exercise because of the restriction in hip movement.
socialization
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003
-5841917183101
001
-1841534613852
02
-2794029584652
02
-3746523253702
02
Performance
-2286029406851
01
-3429034658301
01
-1714523088602
002
-4572017373601
001
-2667010229852
002
Satisfaction
Scoring
10/5= 2 7/5=1.4
Watson enjoys being independent. Despite performing poorly in some of the tasks that are important to him, he has a positive attitude, and he is looking forward to improving in these areas.