Effectiveness of supported housing versus residential care in severe mental illness: a multicenter, quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Up to now there are only few studies and no RCT comparing efficacy or effectiveness of supported housing (SH) versus residential care (RC) in severe mental illness (SMI) without homelessness. Here we present an observational follow-up study in SMI subjects, who entered SH or RC, to compare clinical and functional outcomes 2 years later.

Methods

In this prospective study in more than 30 locations throughout a German federal state, we included SMI subjects, who entered SH (n = 153) or RC (n = 104). About one quarter suffered from each substance use, psychotic, affective, or other disorders. To avoid sampling bias, we used the propensity score matching method to establish a quasi-experimental design. Outcome measures were social functioning (SFS), the number of psychiat

SUBMITTER: Dehn LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature