Table 2.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics by group
| Characteristics | Total N = 96 |
Intervention group (n = 53) |
Control group (n = 43) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 48 (10) | 48 (10) | 47 (10) |
| Men, n (%) | 87 (91) | 49 (92) | 38 (88) |
| Had social security number, n (%) | 76 (79) | 41 (77) | 35 (81) |
| Drug and alcohol use, n (%) (n = 74)a | |||
| Alcohol | 52 (70) | 29 (67) | 23 (74) |
| Benzodiazepines and/or hash | 18 (19) | 11 (21) | 7 (16) |
| Central nervous system medication and/or opioid | 17 (22) | 10 (19) | 7 (16) |
| No abuse | 12 (13) | 7 (13) | 5 (12) |
| Housing status, n (%) | |||
| Homeless | 55 (57) | 33 (62) | 22 (51) |
| Functional homeless | 13 (14) | 8 (15) | 5 (12) |
| Otherb | 12 (13) | 5 (9) | 7 (16) |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| 9 years or less | 34 (35) | 16 (30) | 18 (42) |
| More than 9 years | 21 (22) | 14 (27) | 7 (16) |
| Not listed/Unknown | 41 (43) | 23 (43) | 18 (42) |
| Social benefits 52 weeks prior to baseline, n (%) | |||
| Not eligible | 23 (24) | 14 (26) | 9 (21) |
| Eligible | 73 (76) | 39 (74) | 34 (79) |
| Cash assistancec | |||
| No cash assistance | 31 (42) | 15 (38) | 16 (47) |
| Cash assistance 52 weeks | 23 (32) | 14 (36) | 9 (26) |
| Cash assistance between 1 and 51 weeks | 19 (26) | 10 (26) | 9 (26) |
| Disability pensionc | |||
| No disability pension | 56 (77) | 31 (79) | 25 (74) |
| Disability pension more than 1 week | 17 (23) | 8 (21) | 9 (26) |
| Other benefitsc | 8 (11) | 4 (10) | 4 (12) |
| Hospital admissions 2 years prior to inclusion, n (%) | |||
| Somatic | |||
| 1–3 admissions | 32 (33) | 18 (34) | 14 (33) |
| > 3 admissions | 41 (43) | 22 (42) | 19 (44) |
| Psychiatric | |||
| 1–3 admissions | 13 (14) | 8 (15) | 5 (12) |
| > 3 admissions | 16 (17) | 7 (13) | 9 (21) |
| Psychiatric diagnosis, n (%) | 46 (48) | 24 (44) | 22 (51) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Indexd | 0,74 | 0,63 | 0,86 |
aInformation on drug and alcohol use based on 74 of the 96 participants
bNot registered in the Danish Population Registry, but do not see themselves as homeless
cPercentages of cash assistance, disability pension, and other benefits were calculated from the 73 persons eligible for social benefits
dCharlson Comorbidity Index score and psychiatric diagnosis was estimated using data from 2009 until inclusion