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Employment and its relationship with functionality and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: EGOFORS Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Üçok ,
P. Gorwood ,
G. KaradayІ  and
on behalf of the EGOFORS
A. Üçok*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Department of Psychiatry, Millet Street, Capa, 34390Istanbul, Turkey
P. Gorwood
Affiliation:
Paris Descartes University and Sainte-Anne Hospital (CMME), Paris, France Inserm U894, Centre of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
G. KaradayІ
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Department of Psychiatry, Millet Street, Capa, 34390Istanbul, Turkey
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 212 4142000. E-mail address: [email protected]
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between work/study status and symptom severity, functionality and quality of life (QoL) in schizophrenia patients.

Methods

Two-hundred and ninety-five chronic schizophrenia patients from 11 centres were included in the study. Symptom severity was measured with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for schizophrenia. QoL and functionality was assessed with Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, Quality of Life Scale, Personal and Social Performance Scale, Psychosocial Remission in Schizophrenia Scale, Functional Recovery Scale in Schizophrenia, Performance-Based Skills Assessment-Brief Version and Subjective Well-being under Neuroleptics Scales.

Results

Two-third of the participants (n = 194) were unemployed. Forty (13.6%) of the participants were involved in full-time work/study, 29 (9.8%) people were involved in part-time work/study, 13 (4.4%) people were engaged in work/study below 50% of the time, but their job was classified as regular and independent. Those who work/study had lower symptoms, better functioning and higher levels of QoL. Also those who work/study full-time displayed better results on these measures than the participants involved in part-time work/study. Age, education, severity of negative symptoms, gender and duration of remission were found to be related to employment status in the logistic regression analysis.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that work/study status is an important component of functionality.

Keywords

EmploymentSchizophreniaFunctionalityRemission
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , August 2012 , pp. 422 - 425
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2012

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