Salud, calidad de vida y consumo de sustancias en función del tiempo en situación sin hogar

Abstract

The study investigated main characteristics of "new" homeless people vs. "old" or "chronic" homeless people. Specifically this paper pre-sents the differences in relevant variables (quality of life, health, alcohol and drug consume) between homeless people who were homeless less than one year and those who were more than five years in this situation. Aim of that is to investigate the effect of length of homelessness and identify differen-tial variables that permit to recognize specific needs and planning services and resources for each group and moment. Results show important differ-ences between both of groups: higher deterioration among long-term homeless (higher alcohol and drugs consume, disabilities) and more diffi-culties (more rough sleepers, begging, etc.). © 2014: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia.