Research Article

Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Benefits and Limitations Highlighted Using the Delphi Method and Principal Component Analysis

Table 3

Results of the third round of consultation on the COPM benefits and limitations.

Statements/interests and limits%

Interests33100
A3 promotes negotiation between client/occupational therapist
A8 gives the opportunity to make choices
A17 empowers the client and the occupational therapist
A19 evaluates performance and satisfaction
A24 allows the client’s voice to be heard
A25 encourages the involvement of the person
A29 allows to start from the needs of activities that make sense
A30 promotes the person’s decision
A37 promotes the person’s commitment
A38 restores the power to decide on its objectives
A39 allows to get out of a logic centered on the pathology
A40 allows the results of the intervention to be measured
A1 favors the occupational-centered approach
A4 identifies the representations of the person
A28 participates in the occupational therapy diagnosis
A46 gives meaning to the occupational therapist’s work
A6 promotes dialogue
3297
A7 allows for the implementation of negotiated objectives
A12 allows to understand the problems of everyday life
A26 provides arguments for team syntheses
A35 opens up the accompaniment to new areas
A36 allows therapeutic orientations
A44 facilitates teamwork
A45 favors the psychosocial approach
3194
A2 identifies the person’s specific problems
A5 provides a rating of performance and satisfaction
3091
A11 studies the activities in the context of the usual life
A14 leaves a space for the expression of one’s desires
A18 gives the floor to the person
A20 enables the habilitation
A21 ensures a reassessment
2988
2988
Limits
D14-attention, comprehension, or major behavioral disorders3297