Title of Assessment
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure 5th edition (COPM)
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
standardized
occupation-based
Cost (identify source) & How to Access Assessment (include link if possible)
$68 for manual and 100 measures score sheet
Population (who it is appropriate for [age, diagnosis, etc.])
Can be used on all ages but children under the age of 8 may not be able to self-assess
TBI, stroke, pain management, mental health, SCI, cerebral palsy
Appropriate Settings (potential practice settings appropriate to administer assessment in)
mental health, outpatient, inpatient, school-based
Purpose of Assessment & Function(s)/Area(s) Assessed
The COPM is used to assess change in self-proception of occupational performance and satisfaction such as self-care, productivity, and leisure activities.
Administration (time to administer, group/individual, if there are subtests, can they be completed individually, are there specific instructions to ensure standardization, etc.)
10-30 minutes
completed in semi-structured interview form one individual at a time.
User Qualifications
any health professional
Materials Required
writing utensil
Manual and measure score sheet
Scoring Procedure (how is assessment scored and what does score indicate)
The administrator will add the score of each problem and then divide by the number of problems to get the average score for each domain. These scores provide a summary of performance and health with intervention planning (COPM, 2023).
Psychometrics/Standardization (norms, reliability/validity studies)
Due to self-assessment, it may not be reliable or valid if the individual is of high insight.
correlation coefficients were 0.89 and performance satisfaction was 0.88
Strengths & Weaknesses of Assessment
strengths
helps the client to be more involved with goal planning
weaknesses
Individuals may not be able to answer questions for themselves
a proxy can help but makes it not self reported
References
COPM. (2023, November 27). About the COPM. The COPM. https://www.thecopm.ca/about/