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Objective: With the increase in the ageing population, the importance of active aging increases. The aim is to create opportunities for health, safety and participation in order to improve the quality of life with ageing. There are not enough surveys in Turkey to evaluate the social participation of elderly individuals. The aim of our work in this context was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Social Participation Survey (TKA) in elderly individuals. Method: The survey was translated according to the Functional Assessment of Chronic Disease Therapy and the International Pharmaco-economic and Research Results, and more than 10 pilot applications were carried out. The relationship between the subparameters of the survey and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) Life Quality Survey and the interclass correlation ratio were calculated. Results: 94 elderly individuals with an average age of 71.19±5.88 years were included in the study. When the results were studied, the home participation and social participation parameters were found to be at an excellent level, productivity and electronic-social network parameters were at a high level of test-re-test reliability. The ratio between the TKA and SF-36 lower scales was shown as a positive weak ratio in the values of 40% and 6. In our study, Cronbach alpha values were recorded as 0.757 for home participation, 0.528 for social participation, 0.337 for productivity, 0.089 for electronic and social networks, 0.666 for total value. Debate: The result of this study has shown that the Turkish version of the Social Participation Survey is valid and reliable in elderly individuals and can be used to evaluate social participation by health professionals working in the field of rehabilitation.

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