title: Occupational engagement and cognitive functioning among persons with schizophrenia: an explorative study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cognitive functioning may have implications for engagement in daily occupations among people with schizophrenia.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This cross-sectional study explores relationships between time use assessed occupational engagement and cognitive functioning among persons with schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-nine participants from four mental health care services in Sweden participated. The Profile of Occupational Engagement among persons with Severe mental illness (POES) and a cognitive test battery was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Higher attention and psychomotor speed and higher scores in information processing speed, immediate and delayed verbal recall, and immediate and delayed visual recall were significantly correlated with higher scores in occupational engagement. Regression analyzes revealed that information processing speed and delayed visual recall best explained the variance in occupational engagement (R2=0.36).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cognitive functioning has implications for occupational engagement, and thus the ability to perform daily occupations in a balanced rhythm within various social and physical environments.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences/Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research , Lund University , Sweden.
authors.forename: Annika
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9776-9304
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lexén
authors.affiliation: b Department of Health Sciences/Work and Mental Health , Lund University , Sweden.
authors.forename: Ulrika
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bejerholm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Mental health; cognition; occupational therapy; time use