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Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
Author(s) -
Doney Robyn M,
Packer Tanya L
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00265.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , construct validity , convergent validity , psychology , gerontology , discriminative model , concurrent validity , measure (data warehouse) , physical activity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , medicine , physical therapy , computer science , internal consistency , data mining , artificial intelligence , programming language
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.