What is the Clutter Image Rating Scale?

The Clutter Image Rating Scale (CIRS) gauges the impact of hoarding on the person with the hoarding behaviour. Provided by the Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria.

What is the hoarding Rating Scale?

The Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview (HRS-I; Tolin, Frost, & Steketee, 2010) is a 5-item semi-structured interview that was designed to capture the key aspects of hoarding disorder (HD): (1) clutter in the home, (2) difficulty discarding possessions, (3) excessive acquiring of possessions, (4) distress due to hoarding.

How is hoarding measured?

The Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R; Frost et al., 2004) is a 23-item measure assessing hoarding severity. Subscale scores corresponding to the three primary features of hoarding (clutter, difficulty discarding, and excessive acquisition) are calculated along with a total score. Items are coded on a scale from 0 to 4.

What is the hoarding scale self report?

The Hoarding Rating Scale is a brief 5-item scale that can be given as a semi-structured clinician interview or as a questionnaire. This tool includes 5 questions about clutter, difficulty discarding, excessive acquisition, and the resulting distress and impairment caused by hoarding.

What is the difference between clutter and hoarding?

While clutter is the result of general mess or untidiness, hoarding is more serious. Hoarding is what happens when somebody is suffering from a hoarding disorder.

What is a Level 3 hoarder?

A level 3 hoarder has visible clutter outside their home, and a level 4 hoarder adds rotting food, excessive bugs and poor animal sanitation to the issue. Level 5 is the most severe hoarding level and involves extreme clutter, animals that pose a risk to people and seriously unsanitary conditions.

Why can’t hoarders throw anything away?

A new study finds abnormal activity in brain regions of people with hoarding disorder who were asked to make decisions about keeping something versus tossing it. The brain regions involved are known to be involved with decision-making under uncertain conditions as well as risk assessment and emotional choices.

What are the questions on the hoarding rating scale?

The Hoarding Rating Scale is a brief 5-item scale that can be given as a semi-structured clinician interview or as a questionnaire. This tool includes 5 questions about clutter, difficulty discarding, excessive acquisition, and the resulting distress and impairment caused by hoarding.

How many pictures are in a CIR for hoarding?

The CIR contains three sets of 9 pictures to clarifiy the level of clutter in the kitchen, the living room, and the bedroom. The living room photos can be used to rate other types of rooms in the home. In general, rooms that are rated as picture #4 or higher indicate a probable hoarding problem/HD diagnosis.

How is the Sir used to diagnose hoarding?

Download the SIR here. The Hoarding Rating Scale is a brief 5-item scale that can be given as a semi-structured clinician interview or as a questionnaire. This tool includes 5 questions about clutter, difficulty discarding, excessive acquisition, and the resulting distress and impairment caused by hoarding.

How does the clutter image rating scale work?

Clutter Image Rating Scale (CIRS) Summary. The Clutter Image Rating Scale (CIRS) gauges the impact of hoarding on the person with the hoarding behaviour.