Title |
Employment and the associated impact on quality of life in people diagnosed with schizophrenia
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Published in |
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, August 2015
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DOI | 10.2147/ndt.s83546 |
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Authors |
Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Clazien Bouwmans, Caroline de Sonneville, Cornelis Mulder |
Abstract |
A systematic review was conducted to assess the employment rate of people with schizophrenia. Additionally, information from the selected studies concerning factors associated with employment and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was examined. Employment rates ranged from 4% to 50.4%. The studies differed considerably in design, patient settings, and methods of recruitment. The most frequently reported factors associated with employment were negative and cognitive symptoms, age of onset, and duration and course of the disease. Individual characteristics associated with unemployment were older age, lower education, and sex (female). Additionally, environmental factors, eg, the availability of welfare benefits and vocational support programs, seemed to play a role. Generally, being employed was positively associated with HRQoL. However, the causal direction of this association remained unclear, as studies on the bidirectional relationship between employment and HRQoL were lacking. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 154 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 22 | 14% |
Student > Master | 20 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 18 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 8% |
Other | 23 | 15% |
Unknown | 44 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Psychology | 29 | 18% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 18% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 8% |
Neuroscience | 6 | 4% |
Other | 14 | 9% |
Unknown | 54 | 34% |