[Predicting the job performance of schizophrenic patients].
OBJECTIVE
Predicting the job performance of schizophrenic patients after discharge from hospital has been the focus of many studies within the last 30 years. In our own long-term study, we have started to follow-up 49 consecutively admitted schizophrenics taking their individual return on the so-called first employment market as primary target variable. To evaluate the respective predictive power, a set of different neuropsychological, psychopathological and psychosocial parameters was gathered in each patient. The data presented here are based on our first follow-up 18 months after discharge.


RESULTS
In concordance with present literature, statistical analysis revealed the following variables to be of decisive significance for successful occupational reintegration: - presence vs. absence of negative symptoms; - subjective ratings by interviewer; - baseline of both psychiatric treatment and working tenure.


CONCLUSIONS
A combination of these parameters provides a useful tool to assess prospectively the individual job performance of a given patient.
Richter
Alwin
A
Bezirksklinikum Mainkofen. a.richter@mainkofen.de
Blaha
Lothar
L
Gross
Werner
W
Schreiber
Wolfgang
W
D000328:Adult; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment