作者
Tom Burns, Jocelyn Catty, Thomas Becker, Robert E Drake, Angelo Fioritti, Martin Knapp, Christoph Lauber, Wulf Rössler, Toma Tomov, Jooske Van Busschbach, Sarah White, Durk Wiersma
发表日期
2007/9/29
期刊
The Lancet
卷号
370
期号
9593
页码范围
1146-1152
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
The value of the individual placement and support (IPS) programme in helping people with severe mental illness gain open employment is unknown in Europe. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of IPS, and to examine whether its effect is modified by local labour markets and welfare systems.
Methods
312 patients with severe mental illness were randomly assigned in six European centres to receive IPS (n=156) or vocational services (n=156). Patients were followed up for 18 months. The primary outcome was the difference between the proportions of people entering competitive employment in the two groups. The heterogeneity of IPS effectiveness was explored with prospective meta-analyses to establish the effect of local welfare systems and labour markets. Analysis was by intention to treat. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, with the number NCT00461318.
Findings
IPS was more …
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