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The Community Integration Questionnaire – Revised: Australian normative data and measurement of electronic social networking
Author(s) -
Callaway Libby,
Winkler Dianne,
Tippett Alice,
Herd Natalie,
Migliorini Christine,
Willer Barry
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/1440-1630.12284
Subject(s) - normative , community integration , population , psychology , occupational therapy , sample (material) , gerontology , applied psychology , medicine , environmental health , physical therapy , psychiatry , political science , chemistry , chromatography , law
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. Methods 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.