Table 1.
Intervention effectiveness for people experiencing homelessness with a disability.
| Outcome | Comparison Group |
Number of Studies |
Relative Difference | Favorabilitya |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homelessness | Treatment First | 17 | −88% | Favorable |
| Homelessness | Treatment as usual | 413,21,24,28 | −89% Range: −36% to −90% |
Favorable |
| Housing stability | Treatment First | 67,25,30,32-34 | 41% IQI: 18% to 166% |
Favorable |
| Housing stability | Treatment as usual | 712,15,16,20,24,27,28 | 54% IQI: 25% to 1088% |
Favorable |
| Physical health | Treatment as usual | 215,24 | 3.3%, −0.2% | Negligible change observed |
| Mental health | Treatment as usual | 415,20,24,28 | −2% IQI: −5% to 4% |
No change observed |
| Alcohol use | Treatment First | 17 | 57% | Unfavorable |
| Alcohol use | Treatment as usual | 415,22,24,28 | −30% Range: −82% to 36% |
Favorable |
| Illegal drug use | Treatment First | 17 | 11% | Unfavorable |
| Illegal drug use | Treatment as usual | 215,24 | −1%, 62% | Unfavorable |
| Alcohol and drug use | Treatment First | 126 | −71% | Favorable |
| Quality of life | Treatment as usual | 415,20,27,28 | 5% Range: 2% to 10% |
Favorable |
| Community integrationb | Treatment as usual | 320,24,27 | 14% Range: 1% to 227% |
Favorable |
| Emergency department use | Treatment as usual | 318,20,31 | −5% Range: −65% to 20% |
Favorable |
| Hospitalization | Treatment as usual | 218,31 | −36% and −7% | Favorable |
Abbreviations: IQI = interquartile interval, calculated with five or more data points; Range = max and mean of effect estimates, reported with less than five data points
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Favorability refers to greater outcome improvement in the intervention population when compared with the control population.
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Community integration: Extent to which an individual lives, participates, and socializes in his/her community, measured, for example, in the Wisconsin Quality of Life Index.