Independent Housing and Support for People With Severe Mental Illness

The SFS is a self-rating questionnaire and will be used to assess changes in participant's social inclusion in terms of the following subscales: 1) social engagement/withdrawal, 2) interpersonal behavior, 3) independence-performance, 4) independence-competence, 5) recreation, 6) pro-social activities, and 7) employment/occupation. The SFS includes 76 items in a varying answer format. In 68 items, participants are asked to answer on a 4-point Likert scale. The total-score ranges from 0 to 135 with higher score indicating better social inclusion.

The HoNOS will be used to assess changes in participant's functioning. It will be rated by key worker on a 5-point Likert scale in terms of the following items: 1) aggression, 2) self-harm, 3) substance use, 4) cognitive dysfunction, 5) physical disability, 6) hallucinations and delusions, 7) depression, 8) other symptoms, 9) personal relationships, 10) overall functioning, 11) residential problems, 12) occupational problems. The summed-up total-score ranges from 0 to 48 with lower score indicating better functioning.

The GAF is a scale rated by key worker and will be used to assess changes in participant's functioning. Illness severity is rated as a single item based on psychopathology and functioning on a 1 to 100 scale with higher score as indicator for better functioning.

The MANSA is an interview and will be used to assess changes in participant's quality of life. It consists of three sections with total 25 items: 1) personal details, consistent over time (date of birth, gender, diagnosis), 2) personal details, potentially varying over time and to be redocumented if change has occurred (education, employment, income, state benefits, living situation, people the participant lives with, type of residence), and 3) 16 questions that are asked every time. Four of the section three questions are termed objective and are to be answered with yes/no. Twelve of the section three questions are called subjective and ask for answering participant's satisfaction on a 7-point Likert scale. The final score will be computed by averaging the 12 individual items with higher score indicates higher quality of life.

The SCL-K-9 is a questionnaire and will be used to assess changes in participant's mental state on a 5-point Likert scale, including items from all of the nine subscales of the original SCL-90-R: 1) depression, 2) anxiety, 3) somatization, 4) phobic fear, 5) obsessive-compulsive, 6) psychoticism, 7) social insecurity, 8) paranoid thinking, 9) hostility. The total-score ranges from 0 to 36 with lower score indicating better mental states.

Clinical records

The CANSAS is an interview and will be used to assess changes in participant's needs in 22 health and social domains on a 3-point Likert scale (no problem; met need; unmet need). For interpretation, the met and unmet needs each will be summed-up.

The OxCAP is a questionnaire and will be used to assess changes in participant's capabilities that covers the following domains of functioning and welfare based on 16 items to answer on a 5-point Likert scale: 1) life, 2) bodily health, 3) bodily integrity, 4) senses, imagination and thought, 5) emotions, 6) practical reason, 7) affiliation, 8) species, 9) play, and 10) control over one's environment. The initial index total-score ranges from 16 to 80 and is converted into a standardised 0 to 100 final score with higher score indicating better capabilities.

Important Life Events for the last six months (at baseline) or since the last assessment, respectively. Free text with subsequent coding

A self-generated questionnaire will be used to measure changes in participant's social and living support. The questionnaire consists of 24 items to be answered on a 5-point Likert scale. Total score rages from 24 to 120 with higher score indicating higher support.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The first question records the participants' main source of income: Salary, pension, social benefits, family support, other. No score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The second question asks for the net income in Swiss Francs.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The third question asks the whereabouts in recent six months (own apartment, with partner, with family, being homeless, other). No score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The fourth question asks for any health care utilization for physical health problems (inpatient/outpatient). The format for each answer is 1/0. No score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The fifth question asks for any health care utilization for mental health problems (inpatient/outpatient). The format for each answer is 1/0. No total or mean score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The sixth question asks for any intake of psychotropic medication. No score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The seventh question asks for any contact with the criminal justice services. No score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The eighth question asks for any internet access. No score will be calculated.

The CSSRI-EU is an interview and will be used to assess participant's specific sociodemographic details and service utilization. The ninth question asks for any other support utilized in the past six months (daycare, workshops, vocational rehabilitation, integration services, self-help groups, other). No score will be calculated.

Activity recording with medical tariff (TARMED) reimbursement tool

The SeWo-Psych is an interview and will be used to assess model fidelity of the residential rehabilitation service Independent Housing and Support (IHS) to be conducted with heads of rehabilitation services. The 32 items are to be answered on a 5-point Likert scale, with higher score indicating higher fidelity. Score will be summed up to a total-score.

The Housing First Fidelity Scale is a 38-item interview assessing model fidelity in Housing First (HF) Programs asking for the following subscales on a 5-point Likert scale: 1) housing choice and structure, 2) separation of housing and clinical services, 3) service philosophy, 4) service array, and 5) program structure. It will be assessed to enhance comparability of IHS in Switzerland with HF-Programs. Items were answered by heads of each rehabilitation service on a 5-point Likert scale, with higher score representing higher similarity with HF-Programs.