Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) practices for the acquisition of self-management skills in a client with respiratory disease

Abstract

Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) was used with a client suffering from respiratory disease to enable self-management of oxygen devices used in home oxygen therapy and to reduce dyspnea when using the toilet (5 days and 40 minutes/day). As a result, scores of Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and Performance Quality Rating Scale (PQRS) were improved. Moreover, the client was able to use a portable oxygen cylinder and an oxygen tuner, and thus acquired self-management skills to use the toilet sagely. These results indicate that the CO-OP can improve acquisition of self-management skills in clients with respiratory diseases.