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The main goal is to evaluate the impact of the Primer La Llar housing program for the homeless population on the mental health of the participants.
The hypothesis is that the housing program, which follows Housing first model, for the homeless population has a positive impact on the mental health of the participants, compared to the group that does not receive the intervention -treatment as usual group (meaning the "positive impact" a lower score on the symptomatology scales and lower toxic intake in the group receiving the intervention).
The specific objectives are:
Identify the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
Compare the severity of psychiatric symptoms and improvement among the participants in the intervention group and the control group (depressive, anxious, psychotic or manic symptomatology, depending on the case).
Compare the consumption of alcohol and drugs among the participants of both groups.
Compare the basic daily life skills among the participants in both groups, as well as the improvement of them in the experimental group.
Compare the use of services and between the participants of the intervention group and the control group.
Intervention group receives entry to the program (which means individual and permanent housing without previous requirements such as abstinence, compliance with treatment or sobriety.
Control group receives treatment as usual, as they are users of homeless population network of Barcelona.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | Primer la Llar Program (housing first model): to live in permanent and individual housing and receiving weekly visits from a multidisciplinary team. |
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| Control group | No Intervention | Treatment as usual: attention from the resources of the homeless network in Barcelona. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primer la Llar program | Other | Housing First model: permanent housing without previous requirements such as abstinence, sobriety or compliance with treatment. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence and gravity of psychotic symptoms in both groups | PANSS scale (Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale). Subscales: 1. PANSS-P-Positive (7 Ãtems): range 7-49 (minimum and maximum scores) 2. PANSS-N-Negative (7 Ãtems). Range: 7-49. 3. PANSS-PG- general psychopathology (16 Ãtems). Range: 16-112. Higher values represent a worse outcome. Subscales are summed to compute a total score. | Up to 21 months |
| Prevalence and gravity of anxious symptoms in both groups | HARS scale (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale). Total range:0-56. Higher values represent a worse outcome. | Up to 21 months |
| Prevalence and gravity of depressive symptoms in both groups | HDRS scale (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale). Total range: 0-52. Higher values represent a worse outcome. | Up to 21 months. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in number of visits to the emergency room/health center/specialist doctors | To see if there are increases or decreases in use of general and specific health services; questionnaire on use of services. | Up to 21 months |
| Basic skills of daily life |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Josep Maria Haro Abad | Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu | Study Director |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25639993 | Background | Aubry T, Tsemberis S, Adair CE, Veldhuizen S, Streiner D, Latimer E, Sareen J, Patterson M, McGarvey K, Kopp B, Hume C, Goering P. One-year outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of housing first with ACT in five Canadian cities. Psychiatr Serv. 2015 May 1;66(5):463-9. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400167. Epub 2015 Feb 2. | |
| 26634243 |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D000092862 | Psychological Well-Being |
| ID | Term |
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| D010549 | Personal Satisfaction |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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Intervention group (housing first model program) and control group (treatment as usual).
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BELS scale (Basic everyday living skills). Range subscales: self-care (0-40) domestic skills (0-28) community skills (0-16) and activity and social relations (0-20). Higher value reports better outcome. Subescales are summed to compute a total score. |
| Up to 21 months |
| Sociodemographic and psychopathological description of both groups | Number of participants from each country, average age, number of men and women, number of participants with a problem of substance abuse or mental health, etc. Assessed by a questionnaire about clinical and socio-demographic items. | Up to 21 months |
| Number of participants with an alcohol abuse problem assessed by Audit test | Changes in alcohol abuse in both groups Audit test (0-40). Higher value reports worse outcome. | Up to 21 months |
| Number of participants with a drug abuse problem assessed by questionnaire on drug abuse | Increase or decrease on drug abuse in both groups | Up to 21 months |
| Henwood BF, Byrne T, Scriber B. Examining mortality among formerly homeless adults enrolled in Housing First: An observational study. BMC Public Health. 2015 Dec 4;15:1209. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2552-1. |
| 29558927 | Background | Kerman N, Sylvestre J, Aubry T, Distasio J. The effects of housing stability on service use among homeless adults with mental illness in a randomized controlled trial of housing first. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Mar 20;18(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3028-7. |
| 24176253 | Background | Somers JM, Patterson ML, Moniruzzaman A, Currie L, Rezansoff SN, Palepu A, Fryer K. Vancouver At Home: pragmatic randomized trials investigating Housing First for homeless and mentally ill adults. Trials. 2013 Nov 1;14:365. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-365. |
| 25734732 | Background | Stergiopoulos V, Hwang SW, Gozdzik A, Nisenbaum R, Latimer E, Rabouin D, Adair CE, Bourque J, Connelly J, Frankish J, Katz LY, Mason K, Misir V, O'Brien K, Sareen J, Schutz CG, Singer A, Streiner DL, Vasiliadis HM, Goering PN; At Home/Chez Soi Investigators. Effect of scattered-site housing using rent supplements and intensive case management on housing stability among homeless adults with mental illness: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2015 Mar 3;313(9):905-15. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.1163. |