Translation, Validation and Reliability Testing of Community Integration Questionnaire-Revised (CIQ-R) Malay Version: A Preliminary Study

Abstract

The Community Integration Questionnaire-Revised (CIQ-R) is a self-report standardized instrument designed to assess an individual’s degree of community integration. The aim of this study was to translate, validate and conduct a reliability test of the CIQ-R Malay version. The development involved the three phases of translation, content validation and cognitive interviewing, test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the CIQ-R Malay version. The Content Validity Index (CVI) showed perfect agreement between the panel experts. The Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) demonstrated a moderate to excellent level of test–retest agreement (ICC 0.72 to 0.93). The Total CIQ-R Malay version and Home Integration subscale showed good internal consistency, with values of Cronbach’s alpha ranging from 0.81 to 0.90. The findings from the present study provided preliminary support for the psychometric properties of the CIQ-R Malay version as a valid and reliable instrument to be used in Malaysia.

Keywords:

• Community
• instrument
• Malaysia
• participation
• therapy

Acknowledgement

The authors sincerely thank the developer of CIQ-R, Prof. Barry Willer for permission to translate, validate and test the reliability of the CIQ-R Malay version. The authors are indebted to the Occupational Therapy Unit of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center for their cooperation and assistance in this study. Sincere thanks also to the translators, panel experts and reviewers whose suggestions and comments helped improve and clarify this study.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest.