A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of Housing First in a small Canadian City

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Means and Standard Deviations of Secondary Outcomes

	Housing First		Treatment as usual
	(N = 63–101)		(N = 53–100)
	M	SD	M	SD
Quality of life (QoLI-20)^a
Baseline	63.79	17.69	64.76	20.55
21/24 months	88.92	19.27	81.70	24.38
Physical Integration^b
Baseline	1.76	1.39	1.87	1.73
21/24 months	2.09	1.40	1.95	1.87
Psychological Integration^c
Baseline	8.99	3.56	9.30	4.05
21/24 months	12.91	2.94	11.90	3.75
Physical health (EQ. 5D)^d
Baseline	0.45	0.22	0.45	0.22
21/24 months	0.37	0.24	0.37	0.25
Psych. symptoms (CSI)^e
Baseline	41.74	9.35	43.89	9.22
21/24 months	32.92	12.03	34.78	11.68
Subst. use probl. (GAIN)^f
Baseline	1.84	1.70	1.90	1.79
21/24 months	1.24	1.69	1.23	1.74
Recovery (RAS)^g
Baseline	76.00	12.67	74.27	15.22
21/24 months	89.11	10.74	84.21	11.14

^aQOL-20 scores can range from 20 to 140 with higher scores reflecting a higher quality of life
^bScored can range from 0 to 7 with higher scores reflecting a higher level of physical integration
^cScores can range from 4 to 20, with higher scores reflecting a higher level of psychological integration
^dEQ 5D scores can range from 0 to 1, with higher scores reflecting better perceived health status
^eCSI scores can range from 0 to 56, with higher scores reflecting more severe mental illness symptoms
^fGAIN scores can range from 0 to 5, with higher scores reflecting more symptoms of substance misuse in past month
^gRAS scores can range from 22 to 110, with higher scores reflecting a higher level of perceived recovery

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