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August 1, 2025Open Access

The Housing Instability Scale: Determining a Cutoff Score and Its Utility for Contextualizing Health Outcomes in People Who Use Drugs

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FSFawaz ShanunDSDaniel SmithBKBrett King

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Overview

Cross-sectional survey reveals housing instability impacts health outcomes in PWUD, suggesting a necessary cutoff score for effective screening.

Key Points

  • Housing instability is a significant predictor of adverse health outcomes, particularly among people who use drugs.
  • The study found an average Housing Instability Scale score of 3.23 in 164 participants, indicating varying stability levels.
  • Logistic regression highlighted associations between housing instability and health issues like infections and blackouts.
  • Determining a cutoff score aids in contextualizing health risks, fostering better interventions in urban settings for PWUD.

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Shanun et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0c65e6551bb0af8cfb5fhttps://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202507.2431.v1
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