Ninth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

This study was to explore whether the perceived social support of people with schizophrenia who have entered the general workplace influenced their stable employment. We used two methods to examine the employment stability: Number of days in the employment, and, Number of days in the stable employment. If all participants were stable in the employment during the study period, we followed up the number of days in stable employment after the end of the study. This study observes the association between perceived social support from the participants and the stable employment status up to six months. We invited patients with schizophrenia who were currently employed in a general workplace and received medical services at the hospital of the investigator between March 31, 2016 and February 20, 2017. Finally, twelve participants fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in this study. The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) adapted from Cohen & Hoberman (1983) was used to measure the intensity of social support type perceived by the participants in different sources. The survey was conducted three times: on the first day of the study period, the end of the third month, and the end of the sixth month. We used descriptive statistics, paired samples t test, analysis of variance, and Spearman’s rho for statistical analysis. This study found that enhancing family support for people with schizophrenia provided extensive information support and provided various kinds of social support from different sources and types