Cultural adaptation,validity and reliability of Activity Card Sort in Iranian elders

The world Health Organization considered participation as an important role in normal aging.Participation is one of the main concepts of International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health(ICF).Activity Card Sort (ACS) is a comprehensive tool to assess participation in instrumental,leisure and social activities.The porpuse of this study is cultural adaptating,validity and reliability of Persian version of ACS according to cultural criterias of Iranian elderly population.
This cross -sectional study was conducted in Tehran using available sampling method.Firstly,after getting permission of test developer,item generation were done by using time diary and activities questionnaire.The second step was item selection by using Delphi method and elderly panel and expert panel.in The third stage,test reliability using internal consistency and test-retest was investigated.
Based on the results,86 activities for Iranian ACS were obtained.Cronbach's alpha values for the Persian ACS was 0.84,for instrumental activities 0.73 ,for low physical demand activities 0.80 ,for high physical demand activities 0.71 and for social activities 0.70,indicating high internal consistency of the instrument.The test-retest correlation was 0.98.
The results of this study indicate that Iranian ACS has good validity and reliability.This tool allowes professionals to accurately assess elderly participation rate.