Housing for Recovery Initiative

NCT05341830 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 21-09-6787
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,430
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Recovery housing is a substance-free group home for those exiting drug and alcohol treatment. Individuals live in a recovery-focused environment with others traveling the same journey. Ohio Recovery Housing (ORH) creates and maintains standards of excellence for recovery housing in the state. Each house decides how it operates, with four different "levels" of housing available. These environments have the potential to help build a strong foundation in recovery to improve health, employment, and housing outcomes. ORH and LEO will launch a quasi-experimental study to measure the impact of recovery housing for individuals with substance use disorders. The design relies on variation in the availability of program spots to identify effects. Invitations to join a home will come from a waitlist. As the length of the waitlist is unrelated to applicant characteristics, movement off the waitlist can be considered essentially random. The research team will compare those who receive services to those who do not. The researchers hypothesize that those who participate in recovery housing will have improved health, employment, and housing outcomes compared to individuals who do not receive recovery housing services.

Conditions

Substance-related Disorders; Alcohol-related Disorders; Housing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Difference in maintenance of sobriety between treatment and control groups

  Using survey data, we will quantify the effect of recovery housing participation on maintaining sobriety past 30 days and 6 months after the treatment group leaves housing. We will also measure the types of substances used (for example, alcohol, opioids,

  12 months after study enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Differences in measures of personal relationships between treatment and control groups

  12 months after study enrollment

• Differences in measured health and social insurance coverage between treatment and control groups

  Up to 30 months after study enrollment

• Differences in criminal justice system involvement between treatment and control groups

  Up to 30 months after study enrollment

• Differences in measures of housing stability between treatment and control groups

  Up to 30 months after study enrollment

• Difference in measured health care access and utilization between treatment and control groups

  Up to 30 months after study enrollment

Study Arms (2)

Recovery Housing

EXPERIMENTAL

Individuals in this arm will have access to a placement in recovery housing and the associated services. Recovery housing organizations provide individuals recovering from substance use disorders with housing and a variety of services, including transportation, rental assistance, life skills, family services, and educational and employment opportunities.

Behavioral: Recovery housing

No Recovery Housing

NO INTERVENTION

Individuals in this arm will not receive a placement in recovery housing. When possible, they will be informed about other available services in their community.

Interventions

Recovery housing BEHAVIORAL

Recovery housing provides housing and other services to individuals who are recovering from substance-use disorders. They provide a substance-free living environment, as well as services to assist residents with life in recovery. These services include connections to employment and educational opportunities, help obtaining documentation such as a driver's license, connection to mutual aid, and assistance building life skills.

Recovery Housing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Individuals must have a history of, or a current problem with, substance abuse
• Individuals must be interested in starting or maintaining a lifestyle in which they do not use illicit drugs or drink alcohol
• Individuals must understand that recovery housing programs do not provide psychiatric services
• Individuals must be in recovery and prepared to live in a recovery housing environment

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who are under the age of 18
• Individuals who do not consent to study participation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Adrienne Sabety: lead
• Ohio Recovery Housing: collaborator
• Ohio State University: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders; Alcohol-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Adrienne Sabety, PhD

  University of Notre Dame

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Mary Kate Batistich, PhD

  University of Notre Dame

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• William Evans, PhD

  University of Notre Dame

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Thomas Gregoire, PhD

  Ohio State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Danielle Gray, MPH

  Ohio Recovery Housing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Adrienne Sabety, PhD

CONTACT

574-631-6208; asabety@nd.edu

Eileen Mostyn, BA

CONTACT

574-631-1665; emostyn@nd.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Wilson Family LEO Assistant Professor of Economics

Model Details: Study participants will be added to one of two arms, treatment (recovery housing) or control (no recovery housing), through a structured waitlist. If a placement in recovery housing becomes available for an individual within two weeks of when they are placed on the waitlist for housing, they will be in the treatment group. If a placement does not become available for an individual within two weeks of when they are added to the waitlist, they will be in the control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2022
• First Posted: April 22, 2022
• Study Start: April 18, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2026
• Study Completion: March 31, 2026
• Last Updated: April 22, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share