POES: Profiles of Occupational Engagement in people with Schizophrenia
POES: Ulrika Bejerholm, PhD Department of Health Sciences Division of Occupational Therapy and Gerontology Medical Faculty at Lund University, Sweden
POES was developed to gather and conclude information about occupational engagement in persons with schizophrenia. The instrument can provide the therapist with systematic data about progress and status of engagement and balance in daily occupations.
This tool can help occupational therapists to attend to and ensure that a great variety of aspects that concerns occupational engagement are considered in order to make a comprehensive evaluation and plan for intervention that supports mental health and well-being.
It consist of three parts.
Part I : data collection by means of the 24 hours yesterday time-use diary with a supplementary interview
Partie II : assessment of the information gathered in Part I and ratting of the level of occupational engagement according to nine items.
Partie III : estimation of the occupational balance according to all the collected data.
Link with Do-Live-Well framework :
-Assess activity patterns
-Considers personal and social forces.