Critical Time Intervention for Homeless People Making the Transition to Community Living: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: To help create an evidence base in Europe for effective interventions that improve the well-being of homeless people, we tested whether critical time intervention (CTI), a time-limited intervention developed to support vulnerable people during times of transition, is effective outside the United States. For this multicenter, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, 183 adults who were moving from shelters in the Netherlands to supported or independent housing were allocated to CTI or care-as-usual. The primary outcome was number of days rehoused, which was assessed by interviewing participants four times during a 9-month follow-up. Outcomes were analyzed with three-level mixed-effects models. The primary outcome did not differ between groups. CTI had a significant effect on family suppo

SUBMITTER: de Vet R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5639358 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature