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Table 1 Vancouver At Home (VAH) questionnaire details

From: Vancouver At Home: pragmatic randomized trials investigating Housing First for homeless and mentally ill adults

Acronym

Full name

Timeline

Key domain/topics

References

ACC

Health service access items

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Use of community services: regular family physician or health clinic use, and perceived unmet healthcare needs.

[26, 27]

ACE

Adverse Childhood Experiences

18

Psychiatric and physical health, traumatic early life events.

[28]

CI

Cognitive impairment

6, 24

Level of independent community functioning, psychiatric and physical health: Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, Trail Making Test, and Digit Symbol Test.

[29–32]

CIS

Community integration scale

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Level of independent community functioning, quality of life: community participation and sense of belonging.

[33–35]

CSI

Colorado Symptom Index (modified)

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Psychiatric and physical health: frequency of past month’s psychiatric symptoms.

[36–39]

CTS1

Conflict tactics scale

24

Level of independent community functioning: frequency and severity of interpersonal conflict.

[40]

CMC

Comorbid conditions list

BL

Psychiatric and physical health: presence of chronic and infectious diseases.

[41]

C-SSS

Core service satisfaction scale

24

Quality of life, use of community services: participant satisfaction with services provided by Vancouver At Home (VAH) intervention teams.

[42, 43]

DSHH

Demographics, housing, vocational, and service use history

BL

Housing status, use of community services: sociodemographic details, lifetime duration of homelessness, long-term health, social and justice service use, and vocational history.

[44]

EQ-5D

EuroQol 5D

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Psychiatric and physical health, health-related quality of life.

[45–47]

FS

Social support items and food security

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Use of community services, psychiatric and physical health: type, quality, availability and source of food, and recent history of food insecurity.

[48, 49]

GAIN-SPS

Global Appraisal of Individual Needs, Substance Problem Scale

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Substance-related problems.

[50, 51]

HSJSU

Health, social, and justice service use inventory

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Use of community services, psychiatric and physical health: nature and frequency of health, social, and justice system services.

[42, 52–57]

III

Interviewer impression items

BL, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

Level of independent community functioning: interviewer assessment of validity and reliability of self-report data.

 

LR

Landlord relations

18

Housing status: specific to landlord relationship.

 

PHQL

Perceived housing quality

6, 12, 18, 24

Housing status: subjective housing quality assessed by participants.

[58, 59]

MCAS

Multnomah Community Ability Scale

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Level of independent community functioning: interviewer assessed level of functioning across range of domains.

[25, 60]

MINI

Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview

BL

Psychiatric and physical health: current major Axis I disorders and suicidality.

[24, 61–63]

MH

Mobility history

21

Housing status: geographic mobility.

 

MoCA1

Montreal Cognitive Assessment

21

Level of independent community functioning: assessment of cognitive domains indicated for the screening of neurological deficits.

[64]

OHQS

Observer-rated Housing Quality Scale

24

Housing status: objective ratings of physical characteristics of participant dwellings.

 

PAIN1

Chronic pain screener

21

Quality of life, psychiatric and physical health.

 

QoLI-20

Quality of Life Index, 20-item

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Quality of life, psychiatric and physical health: subjective quality of life across range of domains.

[65–67]

RAS-22

Recovery Assessment Scale, 22-item

BL, 24

Quality of life, psychiatric and physical health.

[68–70]

RTLFB

Residential Time-Line Follow-Back

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

Housing status: detailed chronology of housing status, including frequency of moves, type of accommodation, and household composition.

[39, 71]

SCNR

Eligibility screening instrument

BL

Housing status, psychiatric and physical health: determines participation eligibility based on legal adult status (>19 years in British Columbia (BC)), absolute homelessness or precarious housing status, and current mental illness.

[24, 61–63]

SF-12

SF-12 Health Survey

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Psychiatric and physical health, level of independent community functioning: assessment of the extent of impairment caused by both physical and mental illness.

[45, 72, 73]

VFC1

Foster care history

12

Quality of life, psychiatric and physical health: details early life involvement in the child welfare system.

 

VMAP1

Maudsley Addiction Profile

BL, 6, 12, 18, 24

Psychiatric and physical health: past month’s substance use, including drug type, mode of administration, frequency of use, and drug-related harms.

[74]

VTLFB

Vocational Time-Line Follow-Back

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

Level of independent community functioning: detailed chronological recent history of paid work and educational or skills training. Quantifies income and income sources.

[75]

WAI-PAR

Working Alliance Inventory, participant

6, 12, 18, 24

Use of community services and quality of life: participant (WAI-PAR) and service provider (WAI-PRO) assessment of working relationship with key service provider. Assessment of perception of client-provider relationship, support, confidence, and trust.

[76–80]

WAI-PRO

Working Alliance Inventory, provider

12

  1. 1Vancouver site-specific scales. Timeline: BL, baseline; 3, 3-month visit; 6, 6-month visit; 9, 9-month visit; 12, 12-month visit; 15, 15-month visit; 18, 18-month visit; 21, 21-month visit; 24, 24-month visit.