Measures the level of community integration in home, social, and productive domains, primarily for individuals post-traumatic brain injury.
15 Questions
~4 min
Custom
Scale Development & Technical Details
Scale Overview
The Community Integration Questionnaire – CIQ was developed by Willer, B., Rosenthal, M., Kreutzer, S., Gordon, A., & Rempel, R. (1993). It is designed to measure Community Integration. The scale is intended for use with Individuals living outside institutions, particularly those with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Scale Structure
This instrument consists of 15 items organized into 3 factors/subscales: Home Integration, Social Integration, Productivity.
Factor / Subscale
Items
N
Home Integration
1,2,3,4,5
5
Social Integration
6,7,8,9,10,11
6
Productivity
12,13,14,15
4
Response Format
Respondents rate each item using a custom response format.
Response anchors: 2 = High Integration (e.g., Yourself alone, 5 or more times, Yes, Almost every day), 1 = Medium Integration (e.g., Yourself and someone else, 1-4 times, Almost every week), 0 = Low Integration (e.g., Someone else, Never, No, Seldom/never).
Scoring
Items are scored by subscale, with each subscale sum representing a distinct dimension.
Total scores range from 0 to 29. Interpretation guidelines:
Overall Score Range (Higher scores indicate greater community integration): 0 – 29
Psychometric Properties
Internal Consistency: The scale has demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency with reported Cronbach’s alpha values of Not specified in text.
Administration
The scale is self-administered and typically takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. It can be administered individually or in group settings. No special training is required for administration.