Table 3

Change Across Mean Scores of Outcomes from Baseline to Post to Follow-up

Life Areas
Means Scores*
Level of Significance



Baseline
Post
Follow-up
Baseline vs. Follow-up
Baseline vs. Post
Post vs. Follow-up

Housing
4.10
3.28
3.17
≤.001
≤.001
NS
Income
5.61
4.05
3.36
≤.001
≤.001
NS
Family relations**
2.97
2.78
1.93
≤.001
NS
≤.001
Program services/benefits
5.97
5.08
5.94
NS
≤.001
NS
Food (nutrition)
4.04
3.82
3.57
≤.001
NS
NS
Health care
6.72
5.74
4.92
≤.001
≤.001
≤.01
Handling negative feelings
6.35
5.86
2.77
≤.001
NS
≤.001
Dealing with drug use problems
9.45
7.24
5.95
≤.001
≤.001
≤.01
Dealing with legal problems
5.11
4.50
3.71
≤.05
NS
NS

*Progress across outcomes are demonstrated in the lowering of mean scores because outcome scales were quantified from the "best" measures receiving the lowest scores and the "worst" receiving the highest. **While most outcome scales were constructed with scores from 1–10, the outcome scale for "family realtions" was constructed with scores from 1–6.

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