The Community Integration Questionnaire – Revised: Australian normative data and measurement of electronic social networking

Libby Callaway, Dianne Winkler, Alice Tippett, Natalie Herd, Christine Migliorini, Barry Willer

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIM: Consideration of the relationship between meaningful participation, health and wellbeing underpins occupational therapy intervention, and drives measurement of community integration following acquired brain injury (ABI). However, utility of community integration measures has been limited to date by lack of normative data against which to compare outcomes, and none examine the growing use of electronic social networking (ESN) for social participation. This research had four aims: (i) develop and pilot items assessing ESN to add to the Community Integration Questionnaire, producing the Community Integration Questionnaire-Revised (CIQ-R); (ii) examine factor structure of the CIQ-R; (iii) collect Australian CIQ-R normative data; and (iv) assess test-retest reliability of the revised measure.

SETTING: Australia.

PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of adults without ABI (N = 124) was used to develop and pilot ESN items. A representative general population sample of adults without ABI aged 18-64 years (N = 1973) was recruited to gather normative CIQ-R data.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey.

MAIN MEASURES: Demographic items and the CIQ-R.

RESULTS: The CIQ-R demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties, with minor modification to the original scoring based on the factor analyses provided. Large representative general population CIQ-R normative data have been established, detailing contribution of a range of independent demographic variables to community integration.

CONCLUSION: The addition of electronic social networking items to the CIQ-R offers a contemporary method of assessing community integration following ABI. Normative CIQ-R data enhance the understanding of community integration in the general population, allowing occupational therapists and other clinicians to make more meaningful comparisons between groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-153
Number of pages11
JournalAustralian Occupational Therapy Journal
Volume63
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • community integration
  • social networking
  • social participation

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