In the total complete survey sample of 13,859 participants, 535 people reported a previous experience of homelessness, the majority of whom last experienced homelessness in adulthood over 6-months before the surveys (82%). analyses were:
Almost half (45%) of people who formerly experienced homelessness were currently experiencing depression and/or anxiety, compared to 15% of people who had never experienced homelessness. Symptoms india rcs data of these mental health conditions were also more severe for people who formerly experienced homelessness.
Former homelessness was strongly associated with mental health conditions, physical health conditions, alcohol and substance dependence problems, and multimorbidities (conditions in combination), even after adjusting for demographic characteristics, indicators of socio-economic position and smoking in models.
Population attributable fractions, which estimate the proportion of the health outcome attributable to former homelessness, were disproportionately high for alcohol and substance dependence in the private household population.
People who formerly experienced homelessness were more likely to experience other life course adversities such as bullying and violence. When adjusting for these adversities in the statistical models, former homelessness was still associated with mental and physical health inequalities, but not substance or alcohol dependence inequalities.