Identifying Quality of Life Measures That Correlate With Quality of Family Relationships Measures in Homeless Persons With Mental Illness: Avenues for Exiting Homelessness?
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
12 May 2017
Abstract
Family relationships are known to play a significant role in helping persons with mental health issues exit homelessness. This study aims to identify the independent quality of life factors that correlate with quality of family relationships. A cross-sectional design was used involving individuals enrolled in the At Home initiative for homeless persons with mental illness in five cities across Canada (N = 2,255). Linear regression analysis indicates that homeless persons’ mental health, community integration, general health status, number of symptoms, and recovery are playing a role in a better quality of life in the family and therefore can help to exit homelessness.
Résumé
Il est reconnu que de bonnes relations familiales aident les personnes ayant des troubles mentaux à sortir de l’itinérance. Les auteurs de cette étude visaient donc à définir les facteurs liés à la qualité de vie de ces personnes qui sont corrélés avec la qualité de leurs relations familiales. À partir de données portant sur des participants au programme Chez Soi (qui s’adresse aux personnes itinérantes atteintes de troubles mentaux) de cinq villes canadiennes (N = 2 255), les auteurs ont fait une analyse de régression linéaire. Il en ressort que l’intégration des personnes itinérantes dans la communauté, leur santé mentale, leur état de santé général, les symptômes qu’ils éprouvent et leur rétablissement sont significativement liés à la qualité de leur vie familiale, et qu’une meilleure qualité de vie familiale peut effectivement aider les personnes sans abri à sortir de l’itinérance.
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Volume 36 • Number 1 • May 2017
Pages: 97 - 110
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Jean-Pierre Bonin, Geneviève Lavigne, and Catherine Gros. 2017. Identifying Quality of Life Measures That Correlate With Quality of Family Relationships Measures in Homeless Persons With Mental Illness: Avenues for Exiting Homelessness?. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
36(1): 97-110. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2017-007
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