Measuring Occupational Performance: A Pragmatic and Dynamical Systems Perspective

Abstract

Advancing research in occupational science requires critical examination of existing occupational performance measurement instruments and development of new ones. The purpose of this paper is to contribute towards this endeavor by presenting a battery of three new occupational performance measurement instruments: the Assessment and Intervention Instrument for Instrumentalism in Occupational Therapy (AIIIOT); the Daily Occupational Inventory (DOI); and the Occupational Performance Calculation Guide (OPCG). The instruments were designed to measure constructs derived from the theoretical core of the Instrumentalism in Occupational Therapy (IOT) model, which is based on the philosophy of pragmatism and the chaos/complexity/ dynamical systems theory. Although they are in the initial stages of development, their focus is consistent with some of the current research priorities in occupational science. Therefore, they have the potential to be useful in the discipline's scientific inquiry.

Caracterización de las ocupaciones de los residentes de una comunidad ribereña en la Amazonia brasileña

“…Posteriormente, empregou-se o Questionário sobre Ocupações e Uso do Tempo. Este questionário foi baseado no Questionário de Rotina Familiar, instrumento usado por Silva et al (2010), para investigar a rotina de famílias ribeirinhas, e no instrumento Daily Occupational Perfomance (Ikiugu, 2007), utilizado para averiguar as ocupações desenvolvidas pelos sujeitos. O Questionário de Ocupações e Uso do Tempo é composto por questões que visam identificar o envolvimento das pessoas em ocupações, o período do dia, o lugar onde elas ocorrem, dentre outras informações.…”

A narrative of cultural occupational performance

“…They were not only defined by class, but also race, culture, gender, access to literacy, disability and clinical diagnosis (FROST et al, 1985;RICHARDSON, 1996;COURTMAN, 2000COURTMAN, , 2007 POLLARD; SMART; VOICES TALK AND HANDS WRITE GROUP, 2005; POLLARD; VOICES TALK AND HANDS WRITE GROUP, 2008;SMART, 2005;WOODIN, 2005aWOODIN, , 2005bHAMILTON;NUGENT;. The experiences of marginalisation and standing outside the process of mainstream cultural production can be considered in terms of adaptive instrumentalist forms of behaviour with a complex and dynamic system (IKIUGU, 2007). This behaviour is directed toward the creation and operationalisation of opportunities for the expression of self and community identities.…”

“…Ikiugu and Pollard (2015) considered the life trajectories of worker writers as a source for exploring the concept of meaningfulness in occupation. This understanding of personal meaning is essential to a concept of occupational performance, as the conception one develops about oneself as a result of one's interactions with the physical and psychological environment over a period of time (IKIUGU, 2007. However as several Latin American occupational therapists have recently commented, cultural action is essential to the development of political and social transformations through which rights to meaningful occupation are recognised through community engagements (BARROS et al, 2011;DORNELES, 2014;GUAJARDO, 2014), and specifically through media access (CHAURA; ZORZOLI, 2014).…”

Exploratory Study of Breast Cancer Survivors’ Lived Experience: Activity Engagement During and After Breast Cancer Treatment

“…Extrinsic factors include interpersonal, societal, cultural, and physical environmental factors. Occupational performance is a product of a dynamic interwoven relationship that exists among people, occupations, roles, and the environment where they live (Ikiugu, 2007;Law et al, 1996;Ludwig, 2004).…”