Patterns and predictors of attrition in a trial of a housing intervention for homeless people with mental illness

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-202

  Veldhuizen, Scott ^a,b   Adair, Carol E ^c   Methot, Christian ^d   Kopp, Brianna C ^e   O’Campo, Patricia ^f,g   Bourque, Jimmy ^h   Streiner, David L ^b,g   Goering, Paula N ^a,g  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Mental Health Commission of Canada   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attrition; Homelessness; Loss to follow up; Randomized controlled trial; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84939888540     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: 14339285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0909-x     Document Type: Article

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