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Longitudinal Associations between Perceived Quality of Living Spaces and Health-Related Quality of Life among Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Individuals Living in Three Canadian Cities Magee, Carly; Norena, Monica; Hubley, Anita M.; Palepu, Anita; Hwang, Stephen W.; Nisenbaum, Rosane; Karim, Mohammad Ehsanul; Gadermann, Anne

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine longitudinal associations between perceived quality of living spaces and mental and physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among homeless and vulnerably housed individuals living in three Canadian cities. The Health and Housing in Transition (HHiT) study was a prospective cohort study conducted between 2009 and 2013 of N = 1190 individuals who were homeless and vulnerably housed at baseline. Perceived quality of living spaces (based on rated comfort, safety, spaciousness, privacy, friendliness and overall quality) and both mental and physical HRQoL were assessed at baseline and at four annual follow up points. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) analyses were used to examine associations between perceived quality of living spaces and both mental and physical HRQoL over the four-year study period, controlling for time-varying housing status, health and socio-demographic variables. The results showed that higher perceived quality of living spaces was positively associated with mental (b = 0.42; 95% CI 0.38—0.47) and physical (b = 0.11; 95% CI 0.07—0.15) HRQoL over the four-year study period. Findings indicate that policies aimed at increasing HRQoL in this population should prioritize improving their experienced quality of living spaces.

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Title
Longitudinal Associations between Perceived Quality of Living Spaces and Health-Related Quality of Life among Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Individuals Living in Three Canadian Cities
Creator
Magee, Carly; Norena, Monica; Hubley, Anita M.; Palepu, Anita; Hwang, Stephen W.; Nisenbaum, Rosane; Karim, Mohammad Ehsanul; Gadermann, Anne
Contributor
Human Early Learning Partnership (Vancouver, B.C.); Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences; St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2019-11-29
Description
The objective of this study was to examine longitudinal associations between perceived quality of living spaces and mental and physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among homeless and vulnerably housed individuals living in three Canadian cities. The Health and Housing in Transition (HHiT) study was a prospective cohort study conducted between 2009 and 2013 of N = 1190 individuals who were homeless and vulnerably housed at baseline. Perceived quality of living spaces (based on rated comfort, safety, spaciousness, privacy, friendliness and overall quality) and both mental and physical HRQoL were assessed at baseline and at four annual follow up points. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) analyses were used to examine associations between perceived quality of living spaces and both mental and physical HRQoL over the four-year study period, controlling for time-varying housing status, health and socio-demographic variables. The results showed that higher perceived quality of living spaces was positively associated with mental (b = 0.42; 95% CI 0.38—0.47) and physical (b = 0.11; 95% CI 0.07—0.15) HRQoL over the four-year study period. Findings indicate that policies aimed at increasing HRQoL in this population should prioritize improving their experienced quality of living spaces.
Subject
homeless persons; vulnerably housed; housing; health; health-related quality of life
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-12-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0386822
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72600
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of; Medicine, Department of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (23): 4808 (2019)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/ijerph16234808
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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