From: The TRANSFER Approach for assessing the transferability of systematic review findings
Review finding: Homeless programmes lead to fewer days spent homeless compared to usual services | |||
Context of interest: Global Average length of homelessness among homeless: varies Quality of usual housing services: varies Climate conditions: varies | |||
TRANSFER factors | Assessment | Explanation | Supporting studies |
Length of homelessness of participants | No concerns | The studies represented a range of participants with length of homelessness at baseline ranging from 1 month to more than 6 months. All of the studies showed the same direction of effect. | 1–10 |
Quality of «usual housing services» | No concerns | The studies represented a range of quality of usual services. All of the studies showed the same direction of effect. | 1–10 |
Climate conditions | Minor concerns | The studies only partially represented the review context (cold climates). We are unsure if the finding is transferable to settings with warm or temperate climates. | 1–10 |
Overall assessment | Minor concerns | There are no substantial differences between the included studies and the review context with respect to length of homelessness, quality of usual services or climate. However, the review finding is only based on evidence from cold climate settings, and we do not have any evidence available regarding how the intervention may work in warm settings. | 1–10 |