Cochrane · systematic review · CD008297

Supported employment for adults with severe mental illness

Kinoshita, Y, Furukawa, TA, Kinoshita, K, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

SchizophreniaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 6 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Supported employment versus other vocational approaches for adults with severe mental illness

Population: patients with adults with severe mental illness
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Employment ‐ obtained any job during the study (high=better)
Supported employment vs other vocational approaches
RR 2.62 [2.18, 3.16]7 studies · 951 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Employment ‐ days in competitive employment (primary outcome) ‐ long term
Supported employment vs other vocational approaches
no estimate extracted1 study · 204 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Employment ‐ days in any form of paid employment ‐ long term
Supported employment vs other vocational approaches
no estimate extracted2 studies · 510 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Employment ‐ job tenure for competitive employment (weeks) ‐ long term
Supported employment vs other vocational approaches
no estimate extracted1 study · 204 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Employment ‐ job tenure for any paid employment (weeks) ‐ long term
Supported employment vs other vocational approaches
no estimate extracted2 studies · 423 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Time (days) to first competitive employment ‐ long term
Supported employment vs other vocational approaches
no estimate extracted1 study · 204 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias