Evaluation of the "Housing First Program" in Homeless Patients With Severe Mental Disorders in France

September 19, 2018 updated by: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Evaluation of the "Housing First Program" in Homeless Patients With Severe Mental Disorders in France: a Multicentric Randomized Controlled Study

As mental health care shifted from state psychiatric hospitals to the community in France and western countries, the mental health system became inevitably involved in housing as it strove to meet the broader psychosocial needs of consumers. Simultaneously, as many consumers found themselves unable to find stable living in the community and struggling with addictions, they became a significant subgroup within a larger homeless population, which has received increasing policy attention over the past three decades. There are two distinct service models for adults who have severe mental illness and are homeless: the residential continuum model and the Housing First model.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

600

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Marseille, France, 13354
        • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

aged over 18;

  • who are absolutely homeless or precariously housed. Absolutely homeless is defined as having had no fixed place to stay for at least the past seven nights with little likelihood of finding a place in the coming month. Precariously housed is defined as being housed a in single room occupancy, rooming house, or hotel/motel as a primary residence AND in the past year having experienced two or more episodes of being absolutely homeless OR one episode of being absolutely homeless that lasted for more than four weeks in the preceding 12 months.
  • living with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (diagnosis of DSM-IV);
  • with a sufficient understanding of written and spoken French to be able to provide informed consent and to participate to face-to-face interviews;
  • affiliated to a social protection;
  • who have lived in the city targeted for at least 6 months and willing to stand in the city during the 2 next years;
  • with a global score measured on Multnomah Community Ability Scale (MCAS) (scale <=62 (high need criteria));
  • hospitalized at least twice on the past 12 months OR held in prison on the past 24 months OR presenting substance or alcohol abuse or dependence (high need criteria).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • being considered unable to provide informed consent;
  • having dependent children;
  • pregnancy;
  • or a DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis other than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Housing First Program
Other: HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM

Realization of a psychosocial organic evaluation and a citizen;

  • Support in the development and the maintenance of the housing;
  • Support in the diverse steps (administrative, judicial, financiers, etc.);
  • Support around addictions / alcohol;
  • Supportin the family and social relations, in the environment of the person -to favor the occupational integration, by prioritizing the insertion in ordinary environment(middle)
  • to favor the access and the preservation of the patient to the psychiatric and somatic care, to the devices and the departments favoring the social insertion and the integration.
Active Comparator: traditional French services
Other: traditional French services
The person will not receive from intervention of the team of site, but the person can resort(turn) without limitation to all the range of services said " about "common law " set up in the direction of the persons homeless persons, as well as to every type of care. She can too reach the housing and\or the restoring, but this by means of the existing devices

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
healthcare utilisation
Time Frame: 3 YEARS
hospitalizations, hospital days, and emergency department visits
3 YEARS

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2016

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 2, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 3, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

April 4, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 20, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 19, 2018

Last Verified

September 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2011-A00668-33
  • 2011-12 (Other Identifier: AP HM)

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