Introduction: Chronic pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage that lasts for at least 3 to 6 months. It often causes a whole range of other symptoms such as stress, insomnia, fatigue, depression and anxiety. Occupational therapy interventions are aimed to reducing pain and optimal integration of independence in daily activities. Purpose: To expand the knowledge of the problem of chronic pain from the perspective of occupational therapy, to study the use of occupational therapists in the treatment of patients with chronic pain, and the comparison of the findings of experts regarding the role and function of occupational therapy within the scope of treatment or management of chronic pain. Methods: We used a descriptive research methodology, a review of domestic and foreign scientific and professional literature, which we found in online databases such as DiKUL, which leads us to foreign data bases, such as OTSeeker, PubMed, MedLine, Cochrane library, Google sholar in Dlib, and in journals and proceedings from libraries URI Soča, Faculty of medicine Ljubljana and Faculty of health sciences Ljubljana. Results: The task of the occupational therapist is to enable the implementation of an occupation / occupations; providing vocational rehabilitation; restoration of occupation identity; promoting functional independence, mobility and autonomy; improving the mechanics of the body; the use of ergonomic techniques; improvement / restoration of functions; adapting the environment and improving social support. Occupational therapists should be familiar with cases of good practice in the treatment of chronic pain. The biopsychosocial model is most often used, and within it the cognitive - behavioral approach and the biopsychosocial approach. Occupational therapists use a variety of assessment instruments, most commonly Activity analysis, Kanadian occupational performance measure, and pain assessment with a Visual analogue scale. Discussion and conclusion: Chronic illness is often the cause of social isolation and poor quality of life. A person often also experiences sleep and mood disorders as well as balance problems. The task of an occupational therapist is to determine how chronic pain affects the performance of the user’s daily activities. Occupational therapy’s aim is to adapt the activities and the environment, so that the tasks can be performed with minimal possible pain and also in an effective and safe way.
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