Independent living programmes for adolescents in institutional care

Ett Självständigt Liv (ESL) is a Swedish programme for skills training originally developed for psychiatric patients, and adapted to other populations. The programme seeks to strengthen the individual’s capacity for successful independent living by teaching and practising both social and practical skills.

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SBU Enquiry Service

Consists of structured literature searches to highlight studies that can address questions received by the SBU Enquiry Service from Swedish healthcare or social service providers. We assess the risk of bias in systematic reviews and when needed also quality and transferability of results in health economic studies. Relevant references are compiled by an SBU staff member, in consultation with an external expert when needed.

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Published: June 26, 2023 Report no: ut202326 Registration no: SBU 2023/529

Question

What scientific studies have been published regarding the effect of Ett självständigt liv or similar independent living programmes for adolescents in institutional care?

Method

A systematic literature search was performed using the following databases: MedLine, Scopus, PsycInfo, SocIndex and Criminal Justice Abstracts.
Two authors independently assessed the abstracts of all identified studies.
Risk of bias in relevant systematic reviews was assessed using an assessment tool based on AMSTAR.

Identified literature

No relevant systematic reviews or primary studies were identified.

Search strategies

Medline via OvidSP 11 May 2023

Title: Independent living programmes for adolescents in residential care
/ = Term from the MeSH controlled vocabulary; .sh = Term from the MeSH controlled vocabulary; exp = Term from MeSH including terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; .ti,ab = Title or abstract; .tw = Title or abstract; .kf = Keywords; .kw = Keywords, exact; .bt = Book title. NLM Bookshelf.; .pt = Publication type; .ja = Journal abbreviation; .af = All fields; adjn = Adjacent. Proximity operator retrieving adjacent words, adj3 retrieves records with search terms within two terms from each other.; * or $ = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
Search terms		Items found
Population: Adolescents
1.	Minors/ or Adolescent/ or Young Adult/ or Child/ or Adolescent, Institutionalized/ or Child, Institutionalized/ or Child, Foster/	3 586 568
2.	(adolescent* or young or youth or teenage* or juvenile or minor* or child or children or boy* or girl*).ab,kf,ti,bt.	2 543 392
3.	1 or 2	4 802 804
Intervention: Independent living and social skills programmes
4.	"Activities of Daily Living"/	72 644
5.	((social or psychosocial or amplif* or interpersonal) adj4 (skill* or abilit*)).ab,bt,kf,ti.	21 619
6.	((independent living or daily living or daily activities) adj4 (program* or training or education or intervention*)).ab,bt,kf,ti.	1022
7.	or/4-6	94 348
Setting: Residential care
8.	Custodial Care/	190
9.	Involuntary Treatment/	121
10.	Residential Treatment/	3307
11.	Involuntary Commitment/	72
12.	Coercion/	5021
13.	exp Correctional Facilities/	11 337
14.	Foster Home Care/
15.	Group Homes/
16.	Orphanages/
17.	(involuntary or non voluntary or detention or detain* or correctional or forensic or prison* or incarce* or custod* or coerc* or restraint or institutionali*).ab,kf,ti,bt.	156 526
18.	((forced or forcibl* or compulsory or mandatory or mandated or institution* or residential or locked) adj4 (care or treat* or setting* or hospitali* or psychiatr* or unit* or ward* or admission or admit* or commit*)).ab,kf,ti,bt.	66 893
19.	((foster or group or placement) adj3 (care or home*)).ab,kf,ti,bt.
20.	or/8-19	256 290
Combined sets:
21.	3 and 7 and 20	779
Final result
		779

Scopus via scopus.com 11 May 2023

Title: Independent living programmes for adolescents in residential care
TITLE-ABS-KEY = Title, abstract or keywords (including indexed keywords and author keywords); ALL = All fields; W/n = Within. Proximity operator retrieving terms within n words from each other.; PRE/n = Precedes by. Proximity operator, the first term in the search must precede the second by n words.; LIMIT-TO (X) = Includes only results of specified type, e.g., publication type or time range.; DOCTYPE = Publication type; “re” = review; “le” = letter; “ed” = editorial; “ch” = book chapter; “cp” = conference proceedings; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
Search terms		Items found
Population: Adolescents
1.	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child OR children OR boy* OR girl* )	7 018 530
Intervention: Independent living and social skills programmes
2.	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( social OR psychosocial OR amplif* OR interpersonal ) W/3 ( skill* OR abilit* ) )	52 627
3.	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( "independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities" ) W/3 ( program* OR training OR education OR intervention* ) )	1783
4.	2 OR 3	54 349
Setting: Residential care
5.	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) W/3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR psychiatry* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* ) )	123 104
6.	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR prison* OR incarce* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR restraint)	553 565
7.	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) W/2 ( care OR home* ) )	5083
8.	5 OR 6 OR 7	665 119
Combined sets:
9.	1 AND 4 AND 8	853
Final result
		853

PSYCINFO via EBSCO 5 Apr 2023

Title: Independent living programmes for adolescents in residential care
TI = Title; AB = Abstract; SU = Keyword, exact or part (including all other fields for indexed and author keywords); DE = Exact keyword; TX = All text; MR = Methodology; Nn = Near. Proximity operator retrieving terms within n words from each other; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
Search terms		Items found
Population: Adolescents
1.	AG (adolescence OR "school age" OR "young adulthood")	1 116 135
2.	TI ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) ) OR AB ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) ) OR SU ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) )	1 415 128
3.	1 OR 2	1 884 770
Intervention: Independent living and social skills programmes
4.	DE "Self-Care Skills" OR DE "Activities of Daily Living"	26 334
5.	TI ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif* OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit)) ) OR AB ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit)) ) OR SU ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit*)) )	46 947
6.	TI ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program* OR training OR education OR intervention)) ) OR AB ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program OR training OR education OR intervention)) ) OR SU ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program OR training OR education OR intervention*)) )	1243
7.	4 OR 5 OR 6	73 335
Setting: Residential care
8.	(DE "Involuntary Treatment") OR (DE "Residential Care Institutions") OR (DE "Correctional Institutions")	16 127
9.	TI ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR SU ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR AB ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR TI ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain* ) ) OR SU ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain) ) OR AB ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain*))	166 260
10.	TI ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) ) OR AB ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) ) OR SU ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) )	22 599
11.	8 OR 9 OR 10	186 352
Combined sets:
12..	3 AND 7 AND 11	1827
Final result
		1827

SOCIndex via EBSCO 5 Apr 2023

Title: Independent living programmes for adolescents in residential care
TI = Title; AB = Abstract; SU = Keyword, exact or part (including all other fields for indexed and author keywords); Nn = Near. Proximity operator retrieving terms within n words from each other;; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
Search terms		Items found
Population: Adolescents
1.	TI ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) ) OR AB ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) ) OR SU ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) )	476 350
Intervention: Independent living and social skills programmes
2.	TI ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif* OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit)) ) OR AB ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit)) ) OR SU ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit*)) )	13 723
3.	TI ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program* OR training OR education OR intervention)) ) OR AB ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program OR training OR education OR intervention)) ) OR SU ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program OR training OR education OR intervention*)) )	263
4.	2 OR 3	13 968
Setting: Residential care
5.	TI ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR SU ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR AB ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institution* OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR TI ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain* ) ) OR SU ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain) ) OR AB ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain*))	133 750
6.	TI ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) ) OR AB ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) ) OR SU ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) )	12 070
7.	5 OR 6	142 960
Combined sets:
8.	1 AND 4 AND 7	584
Final result
		584

Criminal Justice Abstracts via EBSCO 5 Apr 2023

Title: Independent living programmes for adolescents in residential care
Search terms		Items found
TI = Title; AB = Abstract; SU = Keyword, exact or part (including all other fields for indexed and author keywords); Nn = Near. Proximity operator retrieving terms within n words from each other; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase
Population: Adolescents
1.	TI ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) ) OR AB ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) ) OR SU ( ( adolescent* OR young OR youth OR teenage* OR juvenile OR minor* OR child* ) )	136 581
Intervention: Independent living and social skills programmes
2.	TI ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif* OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit)) ) OR AB ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit)) ) OR SU ( ((social OR psychosocial OR amplif OR interpersonal) N3 (skill* OR abilit*)) )	3911
3.	TI ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program* OR training OR education OR intervention)) ) OR AB ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program OR training OR education OR intervention)) ) OR SU ( (("independent living" OR "daily living" OR "daily activities") N3 (program OR training OR education OR intervention*)) )	62
4.	2 OR 3	3972
Setting: Residential care
5.	TI ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institutional OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR SU ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institutional OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR AB ( ( ( forced OR forcibl* OR compulsory OR mandatory OR mandated OR institutional OR residential OR locked ) N3 ( care OR treat* OR setting* OR hospitali* OR unit* OR ward* OR admission OR admit* OR commit* OR psychiatr* ) ) ) OR TI ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain* ) ) OR SU ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain* OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain) ) OR AB ( ( involuntary OR "non voluntary" OR detention OR detain OR correctional OR forensic* OR custod* OR coerc* OR institutionali* OR prison* OR incarc* OR restrain*))	100 188
6.	TI ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) ) OR AB ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) ) OR SU ( ( ( foster OR group OR placement ) N2 ( care OR home* ) ) )	3472
7.	5 OR 6	102 778
Combined sets:
8.	1 AND 4 AND 7	195
Final result
		195

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