Table 4.
Resource use by participants 3 months prior to intervention and over the 3-month follow-up period
| Baseline | Follow-up | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resources | LARA (n = 27) | Control (n = 7) | % using service | LARA (n = 27) | Control (n = 7) | % using service |
| Supported accommodation weeks | ||||||
| Bed and breakfast, boarding house, hotel | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 | 0.4 (1.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 |
| Refuge | 0.4 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 | 0.2 (1.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 |
| Staffed accommodation | 0.3 (1.7) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 | 0.4 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 |
| Homeless: living with friends or relatives | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.6 (1.5) | 5.9 | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 |
| Hospital-based health services | ||||||
| Hospital nights | 2.3 (11.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 11.8 | 0.6 (1.4) | 0.9 (2.3) | 20.6 |
| Outpatient contacts | 1.1 (2.0) | 3.1 (4.9) | 38.2 | 1.2 (3.9) | 1.9 (1.4) | 41.2 |
| Accident and emergency contacts | 0.5 (0.8) | 0.4 (0.5) | 38.2 | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.4) | 14.7 |
| Community health and social service contacts | ||||||
| Intervention | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 | 17.8 (19.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 79.4 |
| General practitioner (practice) | 4.7 (4.4) | 3.0 (2.2) | 94.1 | 3.4 (3.1) | 5.5 (4.8) | 94.1 |
| General practitioner (phone) | 0.4 (0.8) | 1.1 (2.3) | 20.6 | 0.5 (2.3) | 2.1 (3.7) | 14.7 |
| General practice nurse | 0.6 (1.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | 29.4 | 0.4 (0.9) | 0.3 (0.5) | 32.4 |
| Care coordinator | 4.3 (3.8) | 6.3 (3.3) | 88.2 | 4.6 (4.3) | 4.4 (4.7) | 76.5 |
| Psychiatrist | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.5) | 29.4 | 0.3 (0.8) | 1.0 (1.2) | 29.4 |
| Psychologist | 0.3 (1.0) | 1.9 (4.5) | 14.7 | 0.3 (1.0) | 1.7 (4.5) | 11.8 |
| Home treatment team | 1.1 (4.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.6 (1.5) | 2.9 |
| Health visitor | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 | 0.5 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 |
| Counsellor | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 | 0.6 (2.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 |
| Psychotherapist | 0.2 (0.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 | 0.0 (0.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 |
| Art therapy | 0.4 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 |
| Drug worker | 0.0 (0.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 | 1.6 (7.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 8.8 |
| Child and family support worker | 0.9 (2.0) | 1.3 (2.3) | 26.5 | 1.2 (2.7) | 0.0 (0.0) | 20.6 |
| Home help | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.7 (4.5) | 2.9 |
| Day centre | 1.8 (5.1) | 9.0 (11.1) | 29.4 | 1.8 (7.0) | 12.0 (18.3) | 20.6 |
| Drop in centre | 0.1 (0.4) | 1.7 (4.5) | 5.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (2.7) | 2.9 |
| Housing support worker | 0.9 (2.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 17.6 | 1.1 (3.9) | 0.1 (0.4) | 17.6 |
| Domestic violence service (non-intervention) | 1.3 (1.4) | 1.4 (1.4) | 61.8 | 3.5 (3.5) | 3.0 (5.2) | 61.8 |
| Advice service | 0.15 (0.4) | 0.4 (0.5) | 20.6 | 0.4 (0.8) | 0.7 (1.9) | 17.6 |
| Helpline | 1.0 (4.1) | 0.3 (0.8) | 11.8 | 0.3 (0.7) | 0.0 (0.0) | 11.8 |
| Self help | 0.3 (1.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 |
| Other health or social care service | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.7 (1.5) | 17.6 | 0.7 (2.4) | 2.6 (4.7) | 23.5 |
| Criminal justice sector contacts | ||||||
| Probation officer | 0.1 (0.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.9 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 |
| Solicitor | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.9 (1.2) | 29.4 | 0.8 (1.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | 35.3 |