Community integration questionnaire: Outcomes of people with traumatic brain injury and high support needs compared with multiple matched controls

Abstract

Objectives: To determine level of community integration in adults with traumatic brain injury and high support needs (TBI-HSN) compared with multiple matched controls. Setting: Community setting, Victoria, Australia. Participants: Adults with TBI-HSN living in the community (n = 61). Australian normative data (n = 1973) was used for matching purposes (1:4). Design: Matched analysis from people with and without TBI. Matching aimed to reduce variability expected from age, gender, metropolitan/rural residence and co-resident status. Main measures: Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ): total and sub-scales of Home Integration, Social Integration and Productivity. Results: Matched analysis s..