Table 3 Number of studies showing a beneficial, neutral or detrimental effect of cohousing on the health outcomes analysed
From: The effects of cohousing model on people’s health and wellbeing: a scoping review
Beneficial | Neutral | Detrimental | |
|---|---|---|---|
Self-perceived physical and mental healtha | 3 (Glass, 2012, 2009; Kehl and Then, 2013) | 1 (Kehl and Then, 2013) | 1 (Wasylishyn and Johnson, 1998) |
Quality of life and well-being | 5 (Choi and Paulsson, 2011; Cooper and Rodman, 1994; Labit, 2015; Nusbaum, 2010; Rodríguez-Alonso and Argemir, 2017) | 1 (Altus and Mathews, 2002) | |
Psychosocial determinants of health | |||
Social supportb | 20 (Bamford, 2005; Choi and Paulsson, 2011; Fromm, 2000; Glass, 2016, 2013, 2009; Glass and Vander Plaats, 2013; Jolanki and Vilkko, 2015; Kehl and Then, 2013; Labit, 2015; Labit and Dubost, 2016; Markle et al., 2015; Nusbaum, 2010; Pedersen, 2015; Philippsen, 2014; Rodríguez-Alonso and Argemir, 2017; Ruiu, 2015; Tchoukaleyska, 2011; Tyvimaa, 2011; Williams, 2005) | 3 (Labit and Dubost, 2016; Motevasel, 2006; Wasylishyn and Johnson, 1998) | |
Social isolation | 5 (Glass, 2016; Glass and Vander Plaats, 2013; Motevasel, 2006; Tyvimaa, 2011; Wasylishyn and Johnson, 1998) | ||
Sense of communityc | 10 (Fromm, 2000; Glass, 2016, 2013, 2009; Jolanki and Vilkko, 2015; Markle et al., 2015; Motevasel, 2006; Ruiu, 2015; Tchoukaleyska, 2011; Tyvimaa, 2011) | 2 (Markle et al., 2015; Wasylishyn and Johnson, 1998) | |
Sense of security | 9 (Bamford, 2005; Fromm, 2000; Glass, 2016; Glass and Vander Plaats, 2013; Jolanki and Vilkko, 2015; Pedersen, 2015; Ruiu, 2015; Tchoukaleyska, 2011; Wasylishyn and Johnson, 1998) | ||