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

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    Authors
    Doney, Robyn
    Packer, Tanya
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Doney, Robyn M. and Packer, Tanya L. 2008. Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 27 (1): pp. 33-37.
    Source Title
    Australasian Journal on Ageing
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00265.x
    ISSN
    1440-6381
    School
    Centre for Research into Disability and Society (Curtin Research Centre)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33423
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    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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