Preference for Independent Housing of Persons with Mental Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Choice of housing has become an important political and therapeutic goal for psychiatric rehabilitation. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of proportions of studies on preference for independent housing. A subgroup analysis compared studies with homeless and non-homeless consumers. The meta-analysis included 8 studies with 3134 consumers. The overall proportion of consumers who had expressed a preference for living independently was 0.84. There were only marginal differences between studies with homeless and non-homeless consumers. In a given service planning area, the rate of independent housing settings should exceed the rate of more institutionalized settings by a wide margin.
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, University Bern Psychiatric Services, Murtenstrasse 46, 3008, Bern, Switzerland. dirk.richter@puk.unibe.ch.|School of Health Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland. dirk.richter@puk.unibe.ch.
Dirk
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6215-6110
D
Richter
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, University Bern Psychiatric Services, Murtenstrasse 46, 3008, Bern, Switzerland.|Soteria Clinic, Bern, Switzerland.
Holger
H
Hoffmann
D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006798:Housing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D057240:Patient Preference
Independent housing; Meta-analysis; Preferences; Psychiatric rehabilitation