From: Housing First: exploring participants’ early support needs
Domain | Instrument | Details | Operationalization of expected trajectories and experiencing difficulties | Missing at Baseline | Missing at 6 Months |
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Community Integration - Physical | Community Integration Scale (CIS) - Physical subscale | ▪7 item subscale of the full 11-item CIS instrument; examines a person’s physical (community presence) integration in the community | Expected trajectory: Movement to a higher count, compared to baseline OR no change from baseline | 47 (15.6%) | 47 (15.6%) |
▪Responses are summed for a total score, with higher scores indicating greater community integration | Experiencing difficulty: Movement to a lower count, compared to baseline | ||||
Community Integration - Psychological | Community Integration Scale (CIS) - Psychological subscale | ▪4 item subscale of the full 11-item CIS instrument; examines a person’s psychological (sense of belonging) integration in the community | Expected trajectory: Movement to a higher quintile, compared to baseline OR no change from baseline | 6 (1.99%) | 54 (17.9%) |
▪Responses are summed for a total score, with higher scores indicating greater community integration | Experiencing difficulty: Movement to a lower quintile, compared to baseline | ||||
Mental Illness Symptomatology | modified Colorado Symptom Index (CSI) | ▪14-item scale that measures the frequency of symptoms of psychiatric illness in the past month | Expected trajectory: Movement to a lower quintile, compared to baseline OR no change from baseline | 27 (8.97%) | 64 (21.3%) |
▪Sum of all 14 items produces the overall CSI score; higher scores indicate greater psychiatric symptomatology; a score greater than 30 indicates the presence of a probable disorder | Experiencing difficulty: Movement to a higher quintile, compared to baseline | ||||
Substance Use | Global Appraisal of Individual Need – (GAIN-SS) Substance Problem Subscale | ▪5-item subscale with individual items scored on a 4-point scale for a given period of time (lifetime or past year or past month or never) | Expected trajectory: Movement to a lower count compared to baseline OR no change from baseline | 2 (0.66%) | 43 (14.3%) |
▪Number of responses with a particular value is counted (depending on time frame under examination) | Experiencing difficulty: Movement to a higher count, compared to baseline | ||||
▪Higher count values indicating higher substance use symptoms | |||||
Community Functioning | Multnomah Community Ability Scale (MCAS) | ▪17-item instrument that measures the degree of functional ability | Expected trajectory: Movement to a higher quintile, compared to baseline OR no change from baseline | 0 (0%) | 75 (24.9%) |
▪Total MCAS score is sum of all 17 questions. Categories of ability based on total score: | Experiencing difficulty: Movement to a lower quintile, compared to baseline | ||||
−17 to 47 indicates low level of ability | |||||
−48 to 62 indicates some disability | |||||
- > 63 indicates little disability | |||||
Quality of Life | Quality of Life Inventory (QoLI20) | ▪20-item scale that assesses the life circumstances of people with severe and persistent mental illness | Expected trajectory: Movement to a higher quintile, compared to baseline OR no change from baseline | 26 (8.64%) | 71 (23.4%) |
▪A total sum of all items produces a score ranging from 20 to 140, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction with life | Experiencing difficulty: Movement to a lower quintile, compared to baseline | ||||