Care for Each Other. Stimulating Fellow Care in sheltered housing for homeless people.

Fellow Care: A randomized controlled trial of peer driven social support in sheltered housing for homeless people.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON26695

Enrollment

206

Registered

2009-01-24

Start date

2009-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Homeless_Persons

Interventions

The standard intervention includes support and care services of the participating sheltered housing facilities (HVO-Querido, Amsterdam) and Assertive Community Treatment provided by Jellinek-Mentrum.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. (Former) homeless or residentially housed people belonging to the target group of the 'Plan van Aanpak MO' of the city of Amsterdam; 2. 18 years or above; 3. Willing to participate in the intervention and the regular activities of the housing/care facility; 4. Registration at the municipal resident register (GBA) at the address of one of the participating housing/care facilities during the implementation of the Peer Driven Intervention; 5. Ability to provide informed consent; 6. Dutch language skills and coherence at a level required for participation in the study measurements.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting the inclusion criteria (addiction and mental health problems are no reasons for exclusion).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1.Percentage of participants reaching the 'Uitstroomtafel' and moving towards a more independent housing situation; 2.Percentage of participants moving into independent (regular) housing; 3.The time between the 'Instroomtafel' and the 'Uitstroomtafel' (the time of residency in the sheltered housing (MO) facility) and the 'milestones' distinguished in the 8-step plan towards independent housing; 4.Drop out rates and relapse-the percentage of participants leaving the sheltered housing facility against staff advise and the percentage of participants relapsing into homelessness after moving into independent housing.	—

Measure

Time frame

1.Percentage of participants reaching the 'Uitstroomtafel' and moving towards a more independent housing situation; 2.Percentage of participants moving into independent (regular) housing; 3.The time between the 'Instroomtafel' and the 'Uitstroomtafel' (the time of residency in the sheltered housing (MO) facility) and the 'milestones' distinguished in the 8-step plan towards independent housing; 4.Drop out rates and relapse-the percentage of participants leaving the sheltered housing facility against staff advise and the percentage of participants relapsing into homelessness after moving into independent housing.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Time spent on "Activities of Daily Living" (ADL) and daily domestic activities (HDL); 2. Financial management (income, debt, clothing, nourishment); 3. Time spent on (volunteer) occupational activities; 4. Mental health status and addiction problems; 5. Physical health; 6. Quality of life, general well-being; 7. Social contacts (e.g. social network size, number and duration of contacts, conflict management).	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Time spent on "Activities of Daily Living" (ADL) and daily domestic activities (HDL); 2. Financial management (income, debt, clothing, nourishment); 3. Time spent on (volunteer) occupational activities; 4. Mental health status and addiction problems; 5. Physical health; 6. Quality of life, general well-being; 7. Social contacts (e.g. social network size, number and duration of contacts, conflict management).

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Contacts

Public ContactJ-P.C. Grund

CVO-Addiction Research Center Keulsekade 22

jpgrund@drugresearch.nl+31 (0)30 2381495

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)