Housing and Support Program (HASP): Final Evaluation Report
Housing and Support Program (HASP): Final Evaluation Report
Housing and Support Program (HASP): Final Evaluation Report
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Section 6 The ability of the program to maintain clinical functioning <strong>and</strong> provide<br />
an acceptable quality of life for those supported by the program<br />
6.9 Emotional responses experienced<br />
External observers frequently comment that clients<br />
living in supported housing models are lonely,<br />
bored, depressed, etc. To assess this, we asked<br />
<strong>HASP</strong> clients to outline how they felt about a number<br />
of psychological emotions that one experiences in<br />
everyday life. Clients were asked to think about the<br />
past month <strong>and</strong> indicate if they had experienced the<br />
emotions indicated in the past month. The responses<br />
are provided in the table below.<br />
Table 6.3 Emotional responses experienced<br />
in past month<br />
In the past month have you been… Yes%<br />
a. pleased about having accomplished<br />
something?<br />
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85.7<br />
b. lonely? 40.3<br />
c. bored? 50.6<br />
d. happy that things went your way? 79.2<br />
e. so restless that you couldn’t sit long<br />
in a chair?<br />
f. proud because someone complimented<br />
you on something you had done?<br />
31.2<br />
77.6<br />
g. upset because someone criticised you? 27.3<br />
h. particularly excited or interested<br />
in something?<br />
67.5<br />
i. depressed or very unhappy? 31.2<br />
j. on top of the world? 60.5<br />
Over 85% of clients were pleased about having<br />
accomplished something in the past month. While we<br />
did not ask what had been accomplished, some clients<br />
did volunteer answers which included staying well,<br />
being able to stay out of hospital, making a new friend<br />
or getting a job or volunteer work. A further 80% were<br />
happy that ‘things had gone their way’ <strong>and</strong> were proud<br />
that someone had complimented them on something<br />
they had done (77%).<br />
On a negative note, just over 40% claimed to have<br />
felt lonely <strong>and</strong> over 30% indicated that they had felt<br />
depressed in the past month. In addition, just over<br />
50% felt bored. Additional analysis of these responses<br />
found that most of the clients who indicated that they<br />
were lonely, bored or depressed were actually the<br />
same clients. Thus individuals who indicated that they<br />
were lonely were also likely to indicate that they were<br />
bored <strong>and</strong> or depressed.
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