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Predictors of Employment Status for Persons with Bipolar Disorder

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  • Shu-Jen Lu

    (Vocational Rehabilitation Resource Center for Individuals with Disabilities, Hsinchu 31064, Taiwan
    Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, New Taipei City 231405, Taiwan)

  • Tsan-Hon Liou

    (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City 235041, Taiwan
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110301, Taiwan)

  • Ming-Been Lee

    (Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
    Department of Psychiatry, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei 11101, Taiwan)

  • Chia-Feng Yen

    (Department of Public Health, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan)

  • Yen-Ling Chen

    (Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan)

  • Reuben Escorpizo

    (Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
    Swiss Paraplegic Research, 6207 Nottwil, Switzerland)

  • Ay-Woan Pan

    (School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan
    Occupational Therapy Division, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100229, Taiwan)

Abstract

Bipolar disorder is characterized by manic and depressive episodes and can be a lifetime condition. Bipolar disorder has been found to be associated with various types of disabilities, including low employment rate and high dependence on public aid. The purpose of this study is to identify factors related to being employed for persons with bipolar disorder. Nine thousand eight hundred and eighty-six subjects with bipolar disorder were collected between July of 2012 and November of 2013 and retrieved from Taiwan national disability database on May of 2014. The mean age of the sample is 45.41 (SD = 10.5), with 64% as female. Logistic regression was used to examine the log odds of the predictive variables on outcome of employment. A Receiver Operating Characteristics analysis was applied to locate the cutoff score of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 for being employed. All demographic variables were found to be significantly correlated with employment status among subjects. The Receiver Operating Characteristics results revealed that those subjects whose scores were below 33.57 had about a four-fold higher probability of being in employment than those whose scores were above 33.57. The result provides insights into future research effort and intervention design aimed at helping persons with bipolar disorder to obtain gainful employment.

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  • Shu-Jen Lu & Tsan-Hon Liou & Ming-Been Lee & Chia-Feng Yen & Yen-Ling Chen & Reuben Escorpizo & Ay-Woan Pan, 2022. "Predictors of Employment Status for Persons with Bipolar Disorder," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:6:p:3512-:d:772369
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