TY - JOUR AU - หงษ์คณานุเคราะห์, ธนพร AU - เจริญบุญ, ธรรมนาถ PY - 2019/09/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Employment Opportunity and Associated Factors among Patients with Schizophrenia JF - Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand JA - J Psychiatr Assoc Thailand VL - 64 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPAT/article/view/218466 SP - 259-270 AB - <p>Objective : To examine the employment opportunity among schizophrenic patients and<br>its associated factors.<br>Method : In a cross-sectional descriptive study, sixty-nine, 20-60 years old, outpatients<br>with schizophrenia were interviewed by clinician to collect personal information,<br>employment status and intention, patient’s attitude toward sociality and working.<br>Prasri Assessment Schizophrenia Scale (PASS8) and Thai version of Montreal Cognitive<br>Assessment (MoCA) were used for evaluating their positive symptoms, negative<br>symptoms and cognitive function respectively.<br>Result : The employment rate among schizophrenic outpatients in Thammasat University<br>Hospital was 43.5 %. The most common jobs in 30 employed patients were personal<br>business (20%), unskilled labour (16.7%), skilled labour (16.7%). The average income<br>was 14,863 Baht/month. Most of the patients work for non-family employers in normal<br>job criteria, only 23.3% were employed by their family members. Sixty-five percent of<br>employers have known about the patient psychiatric illness. The factors that statistically<br>associated with the patient’s employment status after logistic regression analysis were<br>pre-morbid employment status (odds ratio = 25.13, p = 0.006) and negative symptoms<br>(odds ratio = 0.45, p = 0.004).<br>Conclusion : The employment rate among Thai patients with schizophrenia was higher<br>than the previous studies in other countries. Pre-morbid employed and lower negative<br>symptoms were associated with current employment status; therefore, psychiatrists<br>should attend to evaluate and treat for negative symptoms which related to the patient’s<br>employment.</p> ER -