Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – 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:...

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Main Authors: Doney, Robyn, Packer, Tanya
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing Asia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33423
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Packer, Tanya
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description 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.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-334232017-09-13T16:08:23Z Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia Doney, Robyn Packer, Tanya outcome and process assessment leisure activities health status older adult activity participation 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. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33423 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00265.x Blackwell Publishing Asia unknown
spellingShingle outcome and process assessment
leisure activities
health status
older adult
activity participation
Doney, Robyn
Packer, Tanya
Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
title Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
title_full Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
title_fullStr Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
title_full_unstemmed Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
title_short Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia
title_sort measuring changes in activity participation of older australians: validation of the activity card sort – australia
topic outcome and process assessment
leisure activities
health status
older adult
activity participation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33423