Material and meaningful homes: mental health impacts and psychosocial benefits of rehousing to new dwellings

Ade Kearns, Phil Mason and Matt Egan

Pre-intervention / Post-intervention / Absolute change / Relative change (%)
Number of Dwelling Problems Per Person
Intervention Group / 7.10 / 2.90 / -4.20 / -59.15
Control Group / 4.30 / 3.88 / -0.42 / -9.77
p<0.001
Neighbourhood Infrastructure Problem Load Index Per Person (0-100)
IG: Relocator / 34.57 / 27.95 / -6.62 / -19.15
IG: House Mover / 40.81 / 31.01 / -9.80 / -24.01
Control Group / 30.94 / 27.99 / -2.95 / -9.53
p<0.001
Neighbourhood Crime & Antisocial Behaviour Load Index Per Person (0-100)
IG: Relocator / 32.61 / 24.22 / -8.39 / -25.73
IG: House Mover / 39.26 / 28.24 / -11.02 / -28.07
Control Group / 28.54 / 25.41 / -3.13 / -10.97
p<0.001

Table 1Changes in housing and neighbourhood quality

Material and meaningful homes: mental health impacts and psychosocial benefits of rehousing to new dwellings

Ade Kearns, Phil Mason and Matt Egan

Pre-intervention / Post-intervention
N / Mean score / N / Mean score / Mean change in score
Mental health
Control / 386 / 43.3 / 283 / 45.5 / 2.1
Intervention / 333 / 40.8 / 261 / 43.2 / 1.1
p / 0.02 / 0.04 / 0.36
Vitality
Control / 385 / 43.4 / 282 / 44.0 / 0.3
Intervention / 333 / 42.2 / 261 / 43.0 / 0.1
p / 0.18 / 0.34 / 0.87
Social functioning
Control / 387 / 43.1 / 281 / 45.0 / 1.5
Intervention / 331 / 42.9 / 259 / 44.8 / 0.9
p / 0.91 / 0.84 / 0.63
Role-emotional
Control / 387 / 43.5 / 283 / 45.5 / 1.3
Intervention / 333 / 43.4 / 260 / 45.5 / 1.2
p / 0.93 / 0.96 / 0.94

Table 2 SF36 Mental health dimensions for intervention and control groups

Material and meaningful homes: mental health impacts and psychosocial benefits of rehousing to new dwellings

Ade Kearns, Phil Mason and Matt Egan

Household type / Intervention / Control / P2
N / Mean change in SF-36 score / N / Mean change in SF-36 score
Mental health
Families (dependent children) / 143 / 2.8 / 127 / 1.5 / 0.42
Families (non-dependent children) / 41 / 0.4 / 36 / 2.0 / 0.60
Adult households / 49 / -0.9 / 61 / 4.4 / 0.02
Older persons / 28 / -2.5 / 59 / 1.2 / 0.16
P1 / 0.17 / 0.36 / 0.103
Vitality
Families (dependent children) / 143 / 1.8 / 127 / 1.4 / 0.80
Families (non-dependent children) / 41 / -0.6 / 36 / -1.3 / 0.79
Adult households / 49 / -1.9 / 61 / 0.5 / 0.22
Older persons / 28 / -3.7 / 58 / -1.5 / 0.34
P1 / 0.07 / 0.29 / 0.603

Social functioning

Families (dependent children) / 142 / 1.5 / 128 / 1.3 / 0.92
Families (non-dependent children) / 40 / 1.8 / 34 / 1.0 / 0.80
Adult households / 49 / 0.6 / 60 / 2.4 / 0.51
Older persons / 28 / -3.1 / 59 / 1.1 / 0.22
P1 / 0.47 / 0.95 / 0.623

Role-emotional

Families (dependent children) / 142 / 2.3 / 128 / 2.3 / 0.97
Families (non-dependent children) / 41 / -0.2 / 36 / 1.7 / 0.55
Adult households / 49 / 2.1 / 60 / 0.6 / 0.62
Older persons / 28 / -3.9 / 59 / -0.6 / 0.34
P1 / 0.28 / 0.60 / 0.723

1p value for differences by household type

2p value for differences in intervention vs. control group

3p value for different effects of intervention and control groups by household type (interaction / effect modification)

Table 3 Mean change in SF-36 dimensions by household type

Material and meaningful homes: mental health impacts and psychosocial benefits of rehousing to new dwellings

Ade Kearns, Phil Mason and Matt Egan

Household type / Intervention / Control / Pb
N / Change in mean PSB scorea / N / Change in mean PSB score
Families (dependent children) / 142 / 8.1 / 125 / 0.1 / <0.001
Families (non-dependent children) / 40 / 7.1 / 35 / -1.3 / <0.001
Adult households / 47 / 6.1 / 60 / 0.1 / <0.001
Older persons / 28 / 2.7 / 58 / 0.1 / 0.07
pc / 0.01 / 0.64 / 0.02d

a standard deviation in PSB score was 6.1 for family households and 5.8 for adult households.

b p value for differences in intervention vs. control groups

c p value for differences by household type

d p value for different effects of intervention vs. control groups by household type (null hypothesis is that the effect of intervention is the same in the different household types).

Table 4Change in mean psychosocial benefits score by household type