Dorothea Jäckel1, Zeno Kupper1, Sibylle Glauser1, Kim T Mueser1, Holger Hoffmann1. 1. Ms. Jäckel, Ms. Glauser, and Dr. Hoffmann are with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Dr. Kupper is with the Department of Molecular Psychiatry, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern (e-mail: jaeckel@spk.unibe.ch ). Ms. Jäckel is also with the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vivantes Clinical Center, Academic Hospital of Charite Medicine, Berlin. Dr. Mueser is with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: There is extensive evidence for the effectiveness of supported employment among people with severe mental illness. However, less research has been conducted to evaluate the effects of sustained competitive employment on nonvocational outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of sustained competitive work on quality of life and psychiatric hospitalizations. METHODS: As part of a randomized controlled trial, a mediation analysis was used to compare the direct and indirect effects of supported employment versus a traditional vocational program on sustained competitive employment, days of psychiatric hospitalization, and quality of life among 85 participants over five years. RESULTS: The five-year follow-up indicated that the effects of supported employment on reduced days of hospitalization and increased quality of life were fully mediated by the program's effects on increasing sustained competitive employment. CONCLUSIONS: The rehabilitative and therapeutic dimensions of functional health conditions are interrelated in the long term. The achievement of sustained competitive employment may be a key factor in improving social and psychiatric outcomes for people with severe and persistent mental disorders.
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OBJECTIVE: There is extensive evidence for the effectiveness of supported employment among people with severe mental illness. However, less research has been conducted to evaluate the effects of sustained competitive employment on nonvocational outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of sustained competitive work on quality of life and psychiatric hospitalizations. METHODS: As part of a randomized controlled trial, a mediation analysis was used to compare the direct and indirect effects of supported employment versus a traditional vocational program on sustained competitive employment, days of psychiatric hospitalization, and quality of life among 85 participants over five years. RESULTS: The five-year follow-up indicated that the effects of supported employment on reduced days of hospitalization and increased quality of life were fully mediated by the program's effects on increasing sustained competitive employment. CONCLUSIONS: The rehabilitative and therapeutic dimensions of functional health conditions are interrelated in the long term. The achievement of sustained competitive employment may be a key factor in improving social and psychiatric outcomes for people with severe and persistent mental disorders.
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