Longitudinal Consumer Outcomes (LCO) Study
The Longitudinal Consumer Outcomes (LCO) study is one of two studies of consumers with severe mental disabilities (SMD) spanning a period of eight years. The first study, "Services in Systems: Impact on Client Outcomes (SIS)," was funded by National Institute of Mental Health for the purpose of examining the effects of system change following the Mental Health Act of 1988. The purpose of the second study, "A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health Services and Consumer Outcomes in a Changing System (LCO)," was to continue to examine the experiences of consumers as the mental health system underwent further changes. In addition, the LCO study was designed to examine a broader range of issues than SIS, including service empowerment, service relationships, social support and consumers' needs. Combined, these two studies have provided valuable information about the experiences of consumers served in Ohio's public mental health system.
Documents & Reports
- Study Overview
- Report to Participants
- Top Ten Findings
- Service empowerment & Recovery Measures & Correlations
- Legend of Measured Variables
- Symptomatology Model
- Quality of Life Model
- Level of Functioning Model
- Factor Loadings & Correlation Matrices of Latent Variables by Domain
- Correlation Matrix of Outcome Domains
- Quadratic Regression
- Results Update 1 - Complaining About Services and Treatment
- Results Update 2 - Employment
- Results Update 3 - Housing
- Results Update 4 - Consumers' Needs
- Results Update 5 - Medication compliance
- Results Update 6 - Service patterns
- Results Update 7 - Newly certified 508 consumers
- Results Update 8 - Service empowerment
- Results Update 9 - Physical health
- Results Update 10 - Police involvement & crime victimization
- Results Update 11 - Supporting progress toward recovery