Employment trajectories until midlife in schizophrenia and other psychoses: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Psychoses are associated with poor labour market attachment, but few studies have compared schizophrenia (SZ) and other psychoses (OP). Moreover, studies on long-term employment trajectories over individuals' working life courses are lacking. We compared 30 year employment trajectory patterns in a general population sample among individuals with SZ, OP, and those with no psychosis (NP).

Methods

Utilising the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966, we collected survey data on employment from ages 16 to 45 and detected individuals with register-based history of SZ (n = 62), OP (n = 87), or NP (n = 6464) until age 46. Through gender-specific latent class analyses on annual employment roles, we identified traditional, highly educated, self-employed, delayed and floundering e

SUBMITTER: Majuri T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9845166 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature