Health assessments and screening tools for adults experiencing homelessness: a systematic review
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Non UBC
department or school: Nursing, School of
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identifier citation: BMC Public Health. 2019 Jul 24;19(1):994
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creator: Gordon, S. J.
creator: Grimmer, K.
creator: Bradley, A.
creator: Direen, T.
creator: Baker, N.
creator: Marin, T.
creator: Kelly, Mary T.
creator: Gardner, S.
creator: Steffens, M.
creator: Burgess, T.
creator: Hume, C.
creator: Oliffe, John Lindsay
issued: 2019-07-24T16:08:13Z
issued: 2019-07-24
description: Background: Homelessness is increasing globally. It results in poorer physical and mental health than age matched people living in permanent housing. Better information on the health needs of people experiencing homelessness is needed to inform effective resourcing, planning and service delivery by government and care organisations. The aim of this review was to identify assessment tools that are valid, reliable and appropriate to measure the health status of people who are homeless. Methods: Data sources: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed (and Medline), PsychInfo, Scopus, CINAHL and ERIC from database inception until September 2018. Key words used were homeless, homelessness, homeless persons, vagrancy, health status, health, health issues, health assessment and health screening. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO. The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) hierarchy of evidence was applied; methodological quality of included articles was assessed using the McMaster critical appraisal tools and psychometric properties of the tools were appraised using the International Centre for Allied Health Evidence Ready Reckoner. Results: Diverse tools and measures (N = 71) were administered within, and across the reviewed studies (N = 37), with the main focus being on general health, oral health and nutrition. Eleven assessment tools in 13 studies had evidence of appropriate psychometric testing for the target population in domains of quality of life and health status, injury, substance use, mental health, psychological and cognitive function. Methodological quality of articles and tools were assessed as moderate to good. No validated tools were identified to assess oral health, chronic conditions, anthropometry, demography, nutrition, continence, functional decline and frailty, or vision and hearing. However, assessments of physical constructs (such as oral health, anthropometry, vision and hearing) could be applied to h…
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note: RESEARCH ARTICLE Open AccessHealth assessments and screening tools foradults experiencing homelessness: asystematic reviewS. J. Gordon1* , K. Grimmer1,2, A. Bradley1, T. Direen1, N. Baker1, T. Marin1, M. T. Kelly5, S. Gardner3, M. Steffens3,T. Burgess4, C. Hume4 and J. L. Oliffe5AbstractBackground: Homelessness is increasing globally. It results in poorer physical and mental health than age matchedpeople living in permanent housing. Better information on the health needs of people experiencing homelessnessis needed to inform effective resourcing, planning and service delivery by government and care organisations.The aim of this review was to identify assessment tools that are valid, reliable and appropriate to measure thehealth status of people who are homeless.Methods: Data sources: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed (and Medline), PsychInfo, Scopus,CINAHL and ERIC from database inception until September 2018. Key words used were homeless, homelessness,homeless persons, vagrancy, health status, health, health issues, health assessment and health screening. Theprotocol was registered with PROSPERO. The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)hierarchy of evidence was applied; methodological quality of included articles was assessed using the McMastercritical appraisal tools and psychometric properties of the tools were appraised using the International Centre forAllied Health Evidence Ready Reckoner.Results: Diverse tools and measures (N = 71) were administered within, and across the reviewed studies (N = 37),with the main focus being on general health, oral health and nutrition. Eleven assessment tools in 13 studies hadevidence of appropriate psychometric testing for the target population in domains of quality of life and healthstatus, injury, substance use, mental health, psychological and cognitive function. Methodological quality of articlesand tools were assessed as moderate to good. No validated tools were identifie…
has type: Article
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0380067
language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: BioMed Central
publisher DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7234-y
rights: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
subject: Homeless adults
subject: Health assessment
subject: Screening
subject: Review
subject: Homelessness
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/71095