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Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: validation of the Activity Card Sort-Australia
Robyn M Doney1, Tanya L Packer
1Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Objectives:
This study explored the psychometric properties of the Australian version of the Activity Card Sort (ACS-Aus), a recently developed measure of activity participation for use with older adults. Concurrent, convergent construct, and discriminative construct validity were examined.
Methods:
The study included 93 Australian adults aged 60-95 years. Participants completed the ACS-Aus, as well as an existing Australian measure of activity participation (The Adelaide Activities Profile) and an Australian measure of subjective well-being (the Personal Well-being Index).
Results:
The ACS-Aus demonstrated moderate concurrent validity (r = 0.434), moderate convergent construct validity (r = 0.354), and strong discriminative validity (P = 0.000).
Conclusions:
The World Health Organization has recently promoted participation as an important component of the healthy ageing process. This study has validated the use of the ACS-Aus in measuring participation of community-dwelling older adults in Australia.
