title: Predictors of employment status of treated patients with DSM-III-R diagnosis. Can logistic regression model find a solution?
abstract: To investigate the predictors of employment status of patients with DSM-III-R diagnosis, 55 patients were selected by a simple random technique from the main psychiatric clinic in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Structured and formal assessments were carried out to extract the potential predictors of outcome of schizophrenia. Logistic regression model revealed that being married, absence of schizoid personality, free or with minimum symptoms of the illness, later age of onset, and higher educational attainment were the most significant predictors of employment outcome. The implications of the results of this study are discussed in the text.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Daradkeh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014479:United Arab Emirates