@article{ref1,
title="The impact of employment on recovery among individuals who are homeless with severe mental illness in the Vancouver At Home/Chez Soi trial",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2020",
author="Yazdani, Kiana and Nikoo, Mohammadali and Sayre, Eric C. and Choi, Fiona and Jang, Kerry and Krausz, Reinhard Michael",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess impact of employment on recovery in a sample of adults from Vancouver At Home (VAH) study, who were homeless and were diagnosed with severe mental disorders.   METHODS: The VAH included two randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of housing first with support intervention in vulnerable population. Employment was assessed at baseline and during the follow-up using Demographics, Housing, Vocational, and Service Use History (DSHH), and Vocational Timeline Follow-Back (VTLFB) self-report questionnaires, respectively. Recovery was examined using Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) at baseline and at 24-month follow-up visit. Multivariable regression models were built to examine: (1) the effect of current employment at baseline on RAS score at baseline, and RAS score at 24-month follow-up visit; and (2) and to examine the cumulative effect of recent employment over 8 follow-up visits on RAS score at 24-month visit. Cumulative effect of employment over the follow-up visits was weighted by recency using a pre-specified weighting function.   RESULTS: Employment at baseline was associated with an increase in recovery score at baseline [8.06 (95% CI 1.21, 14.91); p = 0.02], but not with recovery score at 24-month follow-up visit [3.78 (-4.67, 12.24); p = 0.37]. Weighted cumulative effect of employment over 8 follow-up visits was associated with increase in RAS score at 24-month follow-up visit [8.33 (1.68, 14.99) p = 0.01].   CONCLUSION: Employment is associated with an increase in recovery. Our result suggests a dual effect of employment on recovery, an immediate effect through current employment, and a long-term effect of cumulative employment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-020-01887-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01887-9"
}