TITLE:
Relationship between Cognitive Function and Employment in Japanese Schizophrenia Patients
AUTHORS:
Tomoya Takeda, Masahito Tomotake, Yoshinori Ueoka, Tsunehiko Tanaka, Takeo Tominaga, Yasuhiro Kaneda, Tetsuro Ohmori
KEYWORDS:
Cognitive Function, Employment, Schizophrenia, Verbal Memory
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.6 No.1,
January
14,
2016
ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present
study was to examine the relationship between cognitive function and employment
in Japanese schizophrenia patients. Subjects were 61 outpatients. Cognitive function
was assessed using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia. Clinical
symptoms were also evaluated with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and
the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia. Verbal memory (F(1, 58) = 5.50,
p = 0.02) and attention and speed of information processing scores (F(1, 58) =
4.92, p = 0.03) showed significant differences between employment and
unemployment groups. Logistic regression analysis showed that employment was
significantly predicted by verbal memory (x2= 16.09, df = 2, p = 0.01) and
depression scores (x2=
16.09, df = 2, p = 0.02). The results suggest that improving verbal memory and
depression may lead to employment in Japanese schizophrenia patients.