Current Opinion in Psychiatry | Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center

Authors:	Bond, G. R. & Kukla, M.
Year Published	2008
Publication	Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Volume	21
Number	4
Pages	362-369
Publisher	Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Background	Researches continue to examples predictors of employment among three types of variables: patient characteristics, environmental characteristics, and interventions. Provision of supported employment is the strongest predictor of competitive employment among patients with schizophrenia. Patent characteristics show modest association with employment outcomes; environmental factors are presumed to have major influences, but have been little studied.
Purpose	Researchers continue to study factors that are relatively easy to study rather than those that are powerful and meaningful from a public health perspective. Truly critical factors are first, disability, insurance, and employment regulations that discourage most people from trying to work, and second, failure to align finances and organization of services with evidenced based practices." Article reviews current literature on the various factors being researched that impact employment outcomes for patients with schizophrenia.
Setting	This study is a systematic review. The included studies were undertaken in various locations and settings.
Sample	The study sample was recently published studies examining predictors of competitive employment for patients with schizophrenia.
Data Collection	Literature search included a combination of strategies,, including PubMed search with keywords, examination of table of contents from major journals in related fields, and consultation with leading researchers.
Control	There were no comparison or control conditions.
Findings	Implementing supported employment services with high fidelity to the IPS model clearly improves competitive employment outcomes.
Conclusions	According to the published literature, the single best predictor of competitive employment for patients with schizophrenia is supported employment. Despite numerous studies seeking to identify patients characteristics predicting employment, the reported findings have been generally unimpressive. Many factors influencing employment outcomes continue to be understudied, including societal and cultural factors, access to supported employment, regulatory factors, and criminal justice involvement.
URL	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18520741
Disabilities	Emotional disturbance
Populations	Male & Female
Outcomes	Employment acquisition
NIDILRR Funded	No
Research Design	Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Peer Reviewed	Yes

Year Published

2008

Publication

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volume

21

Number

4

Pages

362-369

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Background

Researches continue to examples predictors of employment among three types of variables: patient characteristics, environmental characteristics, and interventions. Provision of supported employment is the strongest predictor of competitive employment among patients with schizophrenia. Patent characteristics show modest association with employment outcomes; environmental factors are presumed to have major influences, but have been little studied.

Purpose

Researchers continue to study factors that are relatively easy to study rather than those that are powerful and meaningful from a public health perspective. Truly critical factors are first, disability, insurance, and employment regulations that discourage most people from trying to work, and second, failure to align finances and organization of services with evidenced based practices." Article reviews current literature on the various factors being researched that impact employment outcomes for patients with schizophrenia.

Setting

This study is a systematic review. The included studies were undertaken in various locations and settings.

Sample

The study sample was recently published studies examining predictors of competitive employment for patients with schizophrenia.

Data Collection

Literature search included a combination of strategies,, including PubMed search with keywords, examination of table of contents from major journals in related fields, and consultation with leading researchers.

Control

There were no comparison or control conditions.

Findings

Implementing supported employment services with high fidelity to the IPS model clearly improves competitive employment outcomes.

Conclusions

According to the published literature, the single best predictor of competitive employment for patients with schizophrenia is supported employment. Despite numerous studies seeking to identify patients characteristics predicting employment, the reported findings have been generally unimpressive. Many factors influencing employment outcomes continue to be understudied, including societal and cultural factors, access to supported employment, regulatory factors, and criminal justice involvement.

URL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18520741

Disabilities

Emotional disturbance

Populations

Male & Female

Outcomes

Employment acquisition

NIDILRR Funded

No

Research Design

Systematic reviews and meta-analysis

Peer Reviewed

Yes