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. 2021 Jun 16;18(12):6498. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126498

Table 3.

Unadjusted Proportion of Homeless General Practice Patients with “ever recorded” Condition–Comparison to Homeless Studies.

This Study
(n = 2068)
Bowen et al. [28]
(n = 928)
Keogh et al. [13]
(n = 105) 1
Zeitler et al. [12]
Edinburgh
(n = 150)
Glasgow
(n = 133)
n % % % % %
Mental Health Conditions
Depression 940 45.5 11.6 49.5 55.3 33.1
Anxiety disorder 557 26.9 36.2 64.7 15.0
PTSD 279 13.5 13.3 3.8
Schizophrenia 218 10.5 13.3 7.5 3
Bipolar disorder 143 6.9 5.7
EUPD 104 5.0 14.7 2 6.8 2
AOD Use Disorders
Amphetamine use disorder 534 25.8
Alcohol use disorder 525 25.4 21.3 36.7 54.1
Opiate use disorder 359 17.4 53.3 4 46.6 4
Benzodiazepine use disorder 330 16.0 34.0 22.6
Physical Health Conditions
Chronic pain 545 26.4 28.0 18.1
Chronic liver disease 471 22.8 4.7 1.5
Hepatitis C 434 21.0 6.3 23.1 24.8
Low back pain 322 15.6 17.1
Asthma 265 12.8 4.2 20.9
Hypertension 233 11.3 4.2 21.9
GORD 204 9.9 26.7
Diabetes type II 153 7.4 2.8 6 7.6 6
Osteoarthritis 153 7.4 5.7 7
Dyslipidaemia 142 6.9
COPD 123 5.9 2.9
Epilepsy 121 5.9 7.6 6.0 3.0
Brain injury 82 4.0 3.3 5
Dermatitis/Eczema 73 3.5 52.3 18.7 9.8

1 Self-reported condition prevalence rather than based on clinical records. 2 Personality disorder, not specifically EUPD. 3 Includes schizophrenia, non-organic psychosis, and bipolar disorder as reported by Queen et al. [16]. 4 Heroin dependence only. 5 Alcohol-related brain injury only. 6 Diabetes, not specifically type II. 7 Arthritis, not specifically osteoarthrosis.