A Case-control Study to Determine Whether a Screening Measure of Executive Dysfunction, the Quick EXIT, is Predictive of Chronic Homelessness
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Quick EXIT score
研究概览
简要总结
Homeless men and women suffer more illness and sooner death compared to housed people. Among the homeless, there is a group that suffers more illness than others. This group is usually homeless for several months, makes up a smaller proportion of homeless people and uses more resources from emergency shelters than other homeless people. Some have asked if a difference in thinking skills explains how people who are homeless for a long time need more help in getting and keeping housing compared to other homeless persons.
In this study, thinking skills that help a person plan and make decisions will be screened among those who have been homeless for a long time and those who were homeless for a short time. If there is a difference, then screening may change how future homeless people get the help they need.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Men and women, greater than or equal to 18 years old, English speaking
- •Group A: currently homeless and/or housed in an emergency shelter or housing facility for chronically homeless individuals ≥ 6 months
- •Group B: not homeless ≥4 times in the last 3 years and currently living in stable housing ≥ 6 months and in the last 3 years, has been homeless ≤ 1 month
排除标准
- •At the time of testing, individuals with the following characteristics will be excluded:
- •Altered mental status (determined by Nurse Coordinator through participant response to questions regarding orientation to person, place and season - score of at least 2/3 is considered intact mental status).
- •Present intoxication (determined by Nurse Coordinator through participant evaluation of odour, either alcohol or non-beverage alcohol).
- •Currently violent or aggressive towards testers (determined by Nurse Coordinator)
结局指标
主要结局
The Quick EXIT score
时间窗: Within 2 weeks of recruitment
次要结局
- The Colour Trails test score(Within 2 weeks of recruitment)