ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> OPCS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Homeless People, 1994 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:3642</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Department of Health<br>Scottish Office<br>Welsh Office<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> March 1997 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division, <i> OPCS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Homeless People, 1994</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], March 1997. SN: 3642, http://dx.doi.org/ </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 3642 . OPCS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Homeless People, 1994<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Office for National Statistics</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Department of Health<br>Scottish Office<br>Welsh Office<br> </H5> <h3>Project Number: </h3> <h5>N ; 1364</h5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>OPCS now forms part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Dr. Rachel Jenkins, Principal Medical Officer, Department of Health.<br> H. Meltzer and B. Gill of the Office for National Statistics, Social Survey Division, were the principal investigators.<br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity in Great Britain</i> aim to provide up-to-date information about the prevalence of psychiatric problems among people in Great Britain, as well as their associated social disabilities and use of services. The series started in 1993, and so far consists of the following surveys:<ul><li><i>OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity: Private Household Survey, 1993</i> - this covered 10,000 adults aged 16 to 64 years living in private households</li><li>a supplementary sample of 350 people aged 16 to 64 years with psychosis, living in private households, which was conducted in 1993-1994 and then repeated in 2000</li><li><i>OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity: Institutions Sample, 1994</i> - this covered 1,200 people aged 16 to 64 years living in institutions specifically catering for people with mental illness</li><li><i>OPCS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Homeless People, 1994</i> - this covered 1,100 homeless people aged 16 to 64 years living in hostels for the homeless or other such institutions. The sample also included people sleeping 'rough'</li><li><i>ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997</i></li><li><i>Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, 1999</i></li><li><i>Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults Living in Private Households, 2000</i> - this survey was a repeat of the 1993 private households survey</li><li><i>Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in Great Britain, 2001-2002</i></li><li><i>Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004</i> - this was a repeat of the 1999 survey</li><li><i>Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007</i> - this survey was a repeat of the 2000 private households survey. The Information Centre for Health and Social Care took over management of the survey in 2007</li></ul>The UK Data Archive (UKDA) holds data from all the surveys mentioned above apart from the 1993-1994/2000 supplementary samples of people with psychosis living in private households. Further details can be found on the <a href="http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/pmsTitles.asp" title="Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys">Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys</a> datasets page.<br> <br> Further information about the series and links to publications can be found on the Department of Health <a href="http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PublishedSurvey/ListOfSurveySince1990/SurveyListMentalHealth/fs/en" title="Mental Health Surveys">Mental Health Surveys</a> web page.<br>The purpose of the Homeless People Survey was to provide good baseline information about mental illness among homeless people in Great Britain. The survey aims were:<br> 1. To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among homeless people aged 16-64 years<br> 2. To examine the varying use of services and receipt of care in relation to mental illness and housing circumstances<br> 3. To look at comorbidity between mental illness and physical illness, and relationships with lifestyle indicators such as drugs, tobacco and alcohol<br> 4. To investigate recent precipitating factors, including housing circumstances, which are associated with mental illness.</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> Psychiatric morbidity among homeless people; alcohol, drug and tobacco use; alcohol dependence; physical complaints; use of services for homeless people; income and state benefits received; employment. Demographic variables included age, gender, marital status, homelessness and previous accommodation, including stays in psychiatric hospitals within the past five years and access to or registration with a GP.<br> Day centre staff were asked about types of client the day centre caters for and kinds of services available, for instance whether GPs, mental health teams or housing advice workers were available.<br> Standard Measures<br> Clinical Interview Schedule - revised (CIS-R): a battery of questions covering the presence of, and severity of 14 symptoms of neurotic disorder. Responses lead, via algorithms, to diagnosis of neurotic disorders according to ICD-10 criteria. See reports for further details. This schedule was used for respondents in hostels and private sector local authority accommodation (PSLA).<br> Psychosis Screening Questionnaire (PSQ): sift questionnaire covering 6 items indicative of psychosis.<br> SCAN interview (see report for further details).<br> 12-point General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12): asked of all informants by self-completion.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> July 1994 - September 1994 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England; Scotland; Wales <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Countries <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Homeless adults aged 16-64 years in Great Britain, and staff of day centres for homeless people. <br> 1. The homeless sample was gathered from four groups: residents of hostels for the homeless; residents on 'temporary' placement in local authority private sector leased accommodation (PSLA); residents of night shelters; and visitors to day centres for homeless people, who had slept 'rough' in the previous week.<br> 2. Day centre staff were asked to complete a short questionnaire covering clients of the day centre and services provided. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study<br> This survey may be repeated at a later date. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> One-stage stratified or systematic random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample<br> Four institutional samples of homeless people were drawn. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> (A) 1000 (target) 1166 (obtained)<br> (B) Weighted sample size is 1164 <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Self-completion; Psychological measurements; Respondents were given a self-completion questionnaire about their use of drugs and alcohol problems. For cases of psychosis, clinicians conducted semi-structured SCAN interviews. See report for details. <br><i class='myclass'>Control Operations: </i> Wild or consistency checks; Punch verification; Continuity checks performed: coding responses include medication and illness responses. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 18 March 1997<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>30 January 2012</h5> </body></html>