Editing Occupational therapist (section)

===With people experiencing chronic pain===
Occupational therapists often work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary teams (professionals such as physical therapists, nurses and physicians) to help individuals with [[chronic pain]] develop active self-management strategies.  An area of specific concern to occupational therapists is the usage of a patient's time <ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1080/11038120410019081|title = Time use and activity patterns in women with long-term pain|year = 2004| vauthors = Liedberg GM, Hesselstrand ME, Henriksson CM |journal = Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy|volume = 11|pages = 26–35|s2cid = 144732251}}</ref> but it is also common for occupational therapists to help people return to work, and to return to leisure and family activities.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Persson E, Rivano-Fischer M, Eklund M | title = Evaluation of changes in occupational performance among patients in a pain management program | journal = Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine | volume = 36 | issue = 2 | pages = 85–91 | date = March 2004 | pmid = 15180223 | doi = 10.1080/16501970310019142 | doi-access = free }}</ref>  Occupational therapists may use a variety of interventions including [[biofeedback]], relaxation, goal setting, problem solving, planning, and can use those tools within both group and individual settings.<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Strong J, Unruh AM, van Griensven H |date=November 23, 2013 |title=Pain: a textbook for health professionals|url=https://www.elsevier.com/books/pain/van-griensven/978-0-7020-3478-7 |orig-year=October 8, 2001|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|isbn=978-0-7020-3478-7 }}</ref> Therapists may work within a clinic setting, or in the community including the workplace, school, home and health care centers.  Occupational therapists may assess occupational performance before and after intervention, as a measure of effectiveness and reduction in disability.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Carpenter L, Baker GA, Tyldesley B | title = The use of the Canadian occupational performance measure as an outcome of a pain management program | journal = Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy | volume = 68 | issue = 1 | pages = 16–22 | date = February 2001 | pmid = 11233684 | doi = 10.1177/000841740106800102 | s2cid = 39840728 }}</ref>