Demographic and clinical associations to employment status in older-age bipolar disorder: Analysis from the GAGE-BD database project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current literature on employment in older adults with bipolar disorder (OABD) is limited. Using the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD), we examined the relationship of occupational status in OABD to other demographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods

Seven hundred and thirty-eight participants from 11 international samples with data on educational level and occupational status were included. Employment status was dichotomized as employed versus unemployed. Generalized linear mixed models with random intercepts for the study cohort were used to examine the relationship between baseline characteristics and employment. Predictors in the models included baseline demographics, education, psychiatric symptom severity, ps

SUBMITTER: Mallu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10843228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature