SynthesisThe Journal of nervous and mental disease2015
A quantitative review of cognitive functioning in homeless adults.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The prevalence of mental disorders among homeless people in high-income countries: An updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Homeless People in Germany.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2017Pooled it
- Compensatory cognitive training for unstably housed, post-9/11 veterans in residential mental health treatment: A randomized controlled trial.Psychiatry research · 2026Trial
- Cognitive Skills Training for Homeless Transition-Age Youth: Feasibility and Pilot Efficacy of a Community Based Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 2017Trial
- High rates of cognitive impairment in people experiencing homelessness demand radical policy change.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- Cognitive Correlates of Resilience in Adults Experiencing Homelessness.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025Article
- Examining the risk of delirium in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: Insights from the homeless population.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Tackling late-life homelessness in Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2024Article
- Memory, fluid reasoning, and functional capacity in adults experiencing homelessness.The Clinical neuropsychologist · 2023Article
- An Australian aged care home for people subject to homelessness: health, wellbeing and cost-benefit.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Exploring and Mapping Screening Tools for Cognitive Impairment and Traumatic Brain Injury in the Homelessness Context: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Differential age-associated brain atrophy and white matter changes among homeless and precariously housed individuals compared with the general population.BMJ neurology open · 2023Article
- Socioeconomic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of a Critical Time Intervention Adaptation on Health Care Utilization among Homeless Adults with Mental Health Needs in a Large Urban Center.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2022Article
- Do cognition and other person-level characteristics determine housing outcomes among homeless-experienced adults with serious mental illness?Psychiatric rehabilitation journal · 2021Article
- Neurologic Complications of Poverty: the Associations Between Poverty as a Social Determinant of Health and Adverse Neurologic Outcomes.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2021Review
- Rates of Cognitive and Functional Impairments Among Sheltered Adults Experiencing Homelessness.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- A Multilevel Intervention Framework for Supporting People Experiencing Homelessness with Pets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Cognitive decline and mortality in a community-based sample of homeless and precariously housed adults: 9-year prospective study.BJPsych open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Homeless people experience elevated rates of risk factors for cognitive impairment. We reviewed available peer-reviewed studies reporting data from objective measures of cognition in samples identified as homeless. Pooled sample-weighted estimates of global cognitive screening measures, full-scale intelligence quotient (IQ), and premorbid IQ were calculated, in addition to pooled sample characteristics, to understand the representativeness of available studies. A total of 24 unique studies were identified, with 2969 subjects. The pooled estimate for the frequency of cognitive impairment was 25%, and the mean full-scale IQ score was 85, 1 standard deviation below the mean of the normal population. Cognitive impairment was found to be common among homeless adults and may be a transdiagnostic problem that impedes rehabilitative efforts in this population. Comparatively little data are available about cognition in homeless women and unsheltered persons.
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