An examination of fulfilled housing preferences and quality of life among homeless persons with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
This study examined the types of housing features considered important to a sample of homeless persons diagnosed with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder and the relationship between the degree to which important features were obtained in subsequent housing and subjective quality of life, clinical and housing outcomes at 3-month and 1-year follow-up periods. After controlling for significant clinical and sociodemographic covariates, results from regression analyses indicate that the degree to which a client's individual housing preferences were realized in dwellings is significantly associated with greater quality of life in the future, but not clinical outcomes or housing tenure.
O'Connell
Maria
M
Yale Department of Psychiatry, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA. maria.oconnell@yale.edu
Rosenheck
Robert
R
Kasprow
Wesley
W
Frisman
Linda
L
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014481:United States