Title of Assessment
COPM – Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (5th edition)
Author(s)
Mary Law, Sue Baptiste, Anne Carswell, Mary Ann McColl, Helene Polatajko, Nancy Pollock
Year of Publication/Publisher
2014, CAOT Publications ACE
Identify Type of Assessment
Ipsative
Semi-structured interview (self-report)
Standardized procedures
Cost & How to Access Assessment
$68 for manual and 100 measures (score sheets)
Population
Can be used for all ages
Children under 8 years old may have trouble with the self-assessment (but scoring can be the same)
Appropriate Settings
Make sure what the COPM is assessing is appropriate for the setting/ population
Mental health
Outpatient/ Inpatient
Possible school setting (primarily transition from high school to community)
Purpose of Assessment & Function(s)/Area(s) Assessed
Used to assess challenges in occupational performance and activities and the individuals satisfaction with their self-perceived performance.
Areas of activities that are assessed include:
Self care
Productivity
Leisure
Administration
10-40 minutes
designed for one individual to take it at a time
it is a semi-structured interview
User Qualifications
Any health professional
Materials Required
Manual and measure (score sheet)
Writing utensil
Scoring Procedure
The COPM results in two main scores: performance and satisfaction.
Each out of 10
Scores can be generated for up to 5 individual occupational performance problems
Average performance and satisfaction scores can be calculated by summing individual problem scores and dividing by the number of problems
Psychometrics/Standardization
good test-retest reliability
moderate inter-rater reliability
studies support the validity as a measure of occupational performance
Strengths & Weaknesses of Assessment
Weakness:
Client may be unable to answer or understand the questions themselves.
A proxy may answer but not fully answer for the client.
Strength:
Can help the client be more involved with the goals of therapy and begin to think deeper about their barrier.
References
COPM. (2023, November 27). About the COPM. The COPM. https://www.thecopm.ca/about/
English COPM – digital PDF. (2018, December 19). COPM. https://www.thecopm.ca/english-copm-pdf-usa/