Benefits of Cognitive Remediation and Supported Employment for Schizophrenia Patients With Poor Community Functioning
- Authors
- Bell, Morris D.; Choi, Kee-Hong; Dyer, Christina; Wexler, Bruce E.
- Issue Date
- 4월-2014
- Publisher
- AMER PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING, INC
- Citation
- PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, v.65, no.4, pp.469 - 475
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- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
- Volume
- 65
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 469
- End Page
- 475
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/98942
- DOI
- 10.1176/appi.ps.201200505
- ISSN
- 1075-2730
- Abstract
- Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether augmenting supported employment with cognitive remediation can improve vocational outcomes and whether augmentation is more important for participants with lower community functioning. Methods: In this secondary analysis of data from two related, single-blind, randomized controlled trials, 175 participants with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder received supported employment or supported employment plus cognitive remediation and were classified into higher or lower community functioning according to a median split of their quality-of-life scores at baseline. Participants received one year of active intervention and follow-up a year later. Primary outcome measures were competitive employment rates and total hours of work. Results: Employment rates over two years for participants with lower community functioning were significantly different for the two conditions (supported employment=20%, plus cognitive remediation=49%, p<.005), whereas participants with higher functioning showed equivalent rates of employment (62% versus 54%, us). Among lower-functioning participants, those who received cognitive remediation also worked significantly more hours over two years than those who received supported employment only, but higher-functioning participants worked similar amounts of hours in both conditions. Improvements in cognitive functioning and intrinsic motivation were related to employment outcomes but only for the lower-functioning group in the supported employment plus cognitive remediation condition, suggesting possible mechanisms for the observed effects. Conclusions: Augmenting supported employment with cognitive remediation may boost vocational outcomes for participants with lower community functioning but may not be necessary for those functioning better in their communities.
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