ABSTRACT

Objective : The purpose of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Activity Card Sort(K-ACS) for the purpose of measuring changes in activity participation levels in elderly Koreans. Methods : Basic activities were collected by reviewing literatures and selected through first panel discussion. Selected activities were categorized based on degree of engagement of healthy adults 55 years and older after survey. Activities to compose the K-ACS were selected in a second panel discussion. In this pane discussion, the mean cut off score, averaged activity participation level, was decided to be 1.40. To categorize selected activities, second survey was performed and survey results was analyzed with Hierarchical Cluster Analysis. In third panel discussion, some activities recategorized. Results : The total number of K-ACS's activities was 67 and categorized by three domains: instrumental activities, leisure activities, and social activities. The number of leisure activities were 33, leisure activities 18, and social activities 16. Conclusion : K-ACS was developed and the results of this study indicate clinical utility and value of this test in the evaluation of occupational performance.