Factors predicting work outcome in Japanese patients with schizophrenia: role of multiple functioning levels

Publication date: Available online 9 September 2015 Source:Schizophrenia Research: Cognition Author(s): Chika Sumiyoshi, Philip D. Harvey, Manabu Takaki, Yuko Okahisa, Taku Sato, Ichiro Sora, Keith H. Nuechterlein, Kenneth L. Subotnik, Tomiki Sumiyoshi Functional outcomes in individuals with schizophrenia suggest recovery of cognitive, everyday, and social functioning. Specifically improvement of work status is considered to be most important for their independent living and self-efficacy. The main purposes of the present study were 1) to identify which outcome factors predict occupational functioning, quantified as work hours, and 2) to provide cut-offs on the scales for those factors to attain better work status. Forty-five Japanese patients with schizophrenia and 111 healthy controls entered the study. Cognition, capacity for everyday activities, and social functioning were assessed by the Japanese versions of the MATRICS Cognitive Consensus Battery (MCCB), the UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment-Brief (UPSA-B), and the Social Functioning Scale Individuals’ version modified for the MATRICS-PASS (Modified SFS for PASS), respectively. Potential factors for work outcome were estimated by multiple linear regression analyses (predicting work hours directly) and a multiple logistic regression analyses (predicting dichotomized work status based on work hours). ROC curve analyses were performed to determine cut-off points for differentiating between th...
Source: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research