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Table 2 Follow-up status for 'At Home’ participants after 24 months by need level

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

Study arm

6 months questionnaire

3 months questionnaire

No follow-up1

At least one follow up2

No follow-up3

At least one follow up4

Reason

Total (n = 23)

Total (n = 474)

Reason

Total (n = 16)

Total (n = 481)

No contact

Death5

Withdrew consent

No contact

Death6

Withdrew consent

High Needs

5

5

-

10

287

3

3

-

6

291

CONG (n = 107)

1

1

-

2

105

-

-

-

-

107

ACT (n = 90)

-

1

-

1

89

-

-

-

-

90

HNTAU (n = 100)

4

3

-

7

93

3

3

-

6

94

Moderate Needs

7

4

2

13

187

6

2

2

10

190

ICM (n = 100)

2

1

-

3

97

2

0

-

2

98

MNTAU (n = 100)

5

3

2

10

90

4

2

2

8

92

  1. 1 - No follow-up data collected at any of 6, 12, 18 & 24 months.
  2. 2 - No significant differences between study arms was observed in terms of follow up completion rate (Fishers’ exact p values for HN & MN sample were 0.074 and 0.082 respectively).
  3. 3 - No follow-up data collected at any of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 & 24 months visit.
  4. 4 - In terms of follow up completion rate, significant differences between study arms was observed for the HN sample, but no significant difference was observed for the MN sample (Fishers’ exact p values for HN & MN sample were 0.002 and 0.101 respectively).
  5. 5 - Total number of deaths (n = 29) was as follows: CONG-4; ACT-7; HNTAU-5; ICM-6; & MNTAU-7. However, 20 participants completed at least one follow up visit before death and the remaining 9 participants whose follow up data was not available died with seven months of randomization.
  6. 6 - Out of 29 deaths, 5 participants whose follow up data was not available died within five months of randomization and the rest 24 participants completed at least one follow up visit before death.