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Table 1 Quality Assessment Results for Methodologically Moderate Relevant Studies (n = 10)

From: Effectiveness of interventions to improve the health and housing status of homeless people: a rapid systematic review

Author/Date

Selection Bias

Study Design

Confounders

Blinding

Data Collection Methods

Withdrawals/Dropouts

Global Rating

Forchuk, Maclure, Van Beers, Smith, Csiernik, Hoch et al., 2008 [82]

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Kushel, Colfax, Ragland, Heineman, Palacio, & Bangsberg, 2006 [101]

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Larimer, Malone, Garner, Atkins, Burlingham, Lonczak et al., 2009 [83]

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

Milby, Schumacher, McNamara, Wallace, Usdan, McGill et al., 2004

Milby, Schumacher, Wallace, Frison, McNamara, Usdan et al., 2003

Milby, Schumacher, Vuchinich, Wallace, Plant, Freedman et al., 2004 [84–86]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

Milby, Schumacher, Wallace, Freedman & Vuchinich, 2005

Kertesz, Mullins, Schumacher, Wallace, Kirk & Milby, 2007 [87, 88]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Rotheram-Borus, Desmond, Comulada, Arnold, & Johnson, 2009 [97]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

Schwarcz, Hsu, Vittinghoff, Vu, Bamberger, & Katz, 2009 [98]

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

Not Applicable

Moderate

Slesnick, Prestopnik, Meyers, & Glassman, 2008

Slesnick & Kang, 2008 [102, 103]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

Tsemberis, Moran, Shinn, Armussen, & Shern, 2003

Padgett, Gulcur, & Tsemberis, 2006

Tsemberis, Gulcur, & Nakae, 2004

Gulcur, Tsemberis, Stefancic, & Greenwood, 2007

Greenwood, Schaefer-McDaniel, Winkel, & Tsemberis, 2005

Stefancic, Schaefer-McDaniel, Davis, & Tsemberis, 2004

[90–92, 120–122]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Wolitski, Kidder & Fenton, 2007

Kidder, Wolitski, Royal, Aidala, Courtenary-Quirk, Holtgrave et al., 2007 [123, 124]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate