Moving into new housing designed for people with disability: preliminary evaluation of outcomes

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Table 1. Participant characteristics (n = 15).

Demographics
Age (mean, range)	44.2	20–67
	n	%
Males	6	40
Females	9	60
Disability types
Cerebral palsy	3	20
Acquired brain injury	2	13.3
Other neurological (Friedreich’s ataxia, spinal muscular atrophy)	2	13.3
Multiple sclerosis	2	13.3
Spinal cord injury	2	13.3
Other	4	26.7
Pre-move housing environment
Shared supported accommodation (<10 people)	4	26.7
Private home living with partner and/or children	3	20
Private home living with parents/relatives	3	20
Residential aged care	2	13.3
Vulnerable housing	1	6.7
Shared supported accommodation (>10 people)	1	6.7
Private home living alone	1	6.7

Figure 1. Mean health, wellbeing, and community integration scores (panels A–C, respectively) at pre- and post-move (bars represent standard deviation). Higher scores indicate more positive outcomes.

Panel A. Bar graph demonstrating pre-move and post-move mean health scores. Health scores are higher at post-move. Panel B. Bar graph demonstrating pre-move and post-move mean wellbeing scores. Wellbeing scores are higher at post-move. Panel C. Bar graph demonstrating pre-move and post-move mean community integration scores. Community integration scores are higher at post-move.

Table 2. Pre vs. post move comparisons: health, wellbeing, and community integration (paired sample t-tests; n = 15).

	Pre-move				Post-move
Outcome (measure, range)	M	SD	Min	Max	M	SD	Min	Max	t	p (two-tailed)	Eta^2 (effect size^a)
Health (EQ-VAS, 0–100)	46.80	21.75	10	85	58.80	15.41	30	85	−1.91	0.077^	0.21 (lg)
Wellbeing (WEMWBS, 14–70)	38.67	10.97	18	54	44.80	8.39	34	60	−2.40	0.031*	0.29 (lg)
Community integration (CIQ-R, 0–35)	16.27	4.23	10	24.33	19.18	4.57	10	27.0	−3.09	0.008**	0.41 (lg)
Home integration (0–12) Social integration (0–10) Productivity (0–7) Electronic networking (0–6)	3.40	1.48	1.0	5.67	5.25	1.80	3.00	8.00	−3.44	0.004^BfA	0.46 (lg)
	6.33	2.16	2	10	7.07	2.37	3	10	−1.23	0.240
	3.07	1.83	1	7	2.80	1.78	1	6	0.81	0.433
	3.47	1.41	1	5	4.07	1.10	2	6	−1.42	0.178

^ p < 0.10.

* p < 0.05.

** p < 0.01.

^BfA Bonferroni’s adjusted p < 0.0125.

^a Effect size Eta² Cohen 1988: 0.01 = small effect, 0.06 = moderate effect, 0.14 = large effect.

Table 3. Reliable change analysis for EQ-VAS, WEMWBS, and CIQ-R (n = 15).

	EQ VAS		WEMWBS		CIQ-R
Participant	Pre-move	Post-move	Pre-move	Post-move	Pre-move	Post-move
1	50	45	48	39	14	17
2	85	60^a	37	38	16	23.67^a
3	10	80^a	25	52^a	14	20.33^a
4	40	72^a	47	55	21.33	27^a
5	50	50	52	53	16	15.67
6	70	85^a	50	55	16	23.33^a
7	40	60^a	18	39^a	15.67	16.67
8	10	50^a	34	42	16	20.33
9	70	45^a	43	40	24.33	25.67
10	45	70^a	54	60	23.33	21.67
11	32	30	25	34	11	10
12	70	70	31	40	11.33	15
13	30	45^a	32	49^a	10	18^a
14	60	70	45	42	19	15.33
15	40	50	39	34	16	18

Bold typeface denotes clinically significant improvement at post move.

^a Reliable change from pre-move to post-move timepoints.

Table 4. Correlation of post-move outcome scores with time post-move (weeks) (n = 15).

Correlation weeks from move date: post-move score	EQ health rating	WEMWBS	CIQ-R
Pearson r	0.32	0.26	0.23
Effect size^a	Medium	Small-medium	Small-medium
Sig. (1-tailed)	0.13	0.17	0.21

^a Small = 0.1–0.3, medium = 0.3–0.5, and large= >0.5 [47].

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