Table 1

Key outcome and process domains and administration schedule

DomainVariablesInstruments
Housing

  • Stability

  • Perceived quality

  • Observer-rated quality

  • Residential Time-Line Follow-Back Inventory20 *

  • Perceived Housing Quality Scale21 22

  • Purpose developed observer-rated Housing Quality Scale

Health status

  • Mental

  • Physical

  • Modified Colorado Symptom Index (CSI)23

  • Global Assessment of Individual Needs GAIN Substance Problem Scale24 25

  • EQ-5D Visual Analog Scale26–28

Functioning including community integration, recovery and vocational attainment

  • Independent living

  • Response to stress

  • Money management

  • Social

  • Meaningful activity, etc

  • Multnomah Community Ability Scale (MCAS)29–31

  • Adapted community integrations scales (physical and psychological integration)32–34

  • Recovery Assessment Scale35–37

  • Vocational Time-Line Follow-Back38 *

Quality of life

  • Generic quality of life and

  • health-related quality of life

  • EQ-5D36–38

  • SF-1228 39 40

  • SF-6D41

  • Qoli-2042

Healthcare, social services and justice system use and costsFor example, emergency room visits, hospital admissions, primary and specialist care visits, social agency visits, etc. Charges, court appearances, nights in jail or remand, etcComposite checklists of service use and justice system-related events, to be combined with administrative data from several mostly site-specific provincial government sources to which costs will be attached using standard costing methods

  • ↵* Indicates instruments administered every 3 months; all others are every 6 months, except the Housing Quality Scale which is only at 21 months.